Message from Scripture: 5/4/2020

Here’s something to think about as our day begins to wind down. In Rom. 1:16-17, Paul said, I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.”

Power is something we want and need in life, not just in the physical sphere, but spiritually as well. To not have power spiritually is to be weak and ineffective. Sometimes we feel powerless in life, at the situations we encounter, about a great number of issues we have to deal with each day. Where do we find the strength and power to press on, to live as God would have us?

In this passage of Scripture, Paul mentions three areas where God offers us the strength we need live a victorious life. First, Christ is the source of our power; it is He who the gospel is all about. “Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Cor. 1:24). Second, Scripture is our connection to the power, as the gospel is the power of God. “The word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved” (1 Cor. 1:18). Third, Christian living is the expression of power; the righteous will live by faith. Paul reminds us we are “strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience” (Col. 1:11).

Satan is trying to lead us away from the very things where we find Christ’s power, where we connect to His power, where we find power for daily living. Hang on to Christ, to the word of God, to living the Christian life. They give you the power you need to find eternal life. Have a great rest of the day. God bless.

Robert