"...in order that He should give to you according to the riches of the glory of Him power to be strengthened through the Spirit of Him unto the inner man..."
-Power. Limitless, life-changing, mind-blowing inexhaustible Power. The same Power which placed a billion trillion stars throughout the universe and which sustains them still today, each blazing giant giving off power equivalent to a million atom bombs every second of every day since the beginning of time, this same Power is available to me every second of every day. Power to love. Power to serve. Power to give. Power to forgive. Just a tiny morsel of this hyper-nuclear stuff is more than enough to set off a miracle - to heal, to move mountains, to tear down walls and rebuild a broken heart, to change a life or the world forever. These are the greater works which Christ Himself promised (John 14.12). This is the Power which raised Jesus from the dead. This is the very same Power which is at work in the lives of those who believe in Him. This is the Power which Paul is entreating the Father to be detonating in the lives of these believers. No limits.
-The extent of God's ability to answer Paul's prayer and empower these believers (and us!) is tied to the riches of His glory. Here again, limitless. Unfathomable, and breathtakingly great. It will never, ever run out. But this answer will also conform to God's glorious riches. When the Power goes off (i.e. is exploding) in and through my life, there will be no other explanation other than that God did it. The results themselves will take your breath away, and will show off how truly great and indescribably good God really is. No limits.
-Two keys then to unlock this supernatural display of God's power in my inner being, as Paul puts it, in and through my life. The first we have seen, and that is prayer. Like Paul, on our knees, dependent, more than just a little dab'll do ya. How much more? Simply more. Always more, until we are praying without ceasing (!Thessalonians 5.17). Prayer is the fundamental currency with which we conduct the business of Heaven, energized by faith, deposited in the divine "bank" of Almighty God and His Word, trustworthy beyond measure. Suffice it to say that you and I and all God's people most likely fall way short in leveraging this first key. As it turns out, the second key is the Spirit, Who actually helps us with the first key (cf Romans 8.26). He is the Promised Helper, the One Who Jesus so eagerly wanted to send in His place and into the heart of each and every person who trusts in Him. He is called the Spirit of Power. And each and every time He shows up and goes off we see the miraculously inexplicable, things which are humanly impossible but which are entirely possible with God (Mark 10.27). And to the extent that my life does not fit well into the garb of greater works, it is highly probable that I need to closely consider whether I might not be able to benefit from a bit more knee-bowing and Spirit-empowering, more of the Spirit in my life. Or rather He gets more of me... No limits.
"The world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to Him..." -Henry Varley to D.L. Moody
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