The Power within

2 Corinthians 13:3 (AMP) [For He] is not weak and feeble in dealing with you, but is a mighty power within you;

There are times when the stress and tension within seems to far outweigh the knowledge of Christ and His power.

I have to remind myself that greater is He who is within me than he who is in the world.

Smith Wigglesworth used to say 'don't trust your feelings, trust the word.' Totally opposite to the world's point of view. How many time have I heard 'trust your feelings'.

My feelings are a product of my thought life and it in turn is a product of what I look at. What is in front of my eyes?

David said 'I hide your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.' In the Old Testament the Lord instructed His people to bind the word to themselves, look at the word, there is life.

Jesus challenged the Jewish leaders with 'you look to the scriptures to find life but you have the author of life here and you refuse to believe'. This tells me that I have to be aware of the Lord in my world as well as His word to me. What is He doing? where is He in my world?

What is God doing? Today He is delivering a new baby into my world, grandchild number six. Yet He is doing much more. He dwells in the big picture, He is bringing all things together, 'all things work together for my good as I walk according to His purposes.'

I see my life, all of it, as one huge canvas, I cannot isolate a portion and say 'that's all there is.' There is a purpose and a plan to all of it. I must trust it all to work for His glory. Amen!