Power

By Joe Slater     Here in Texas the electrical power grid is either operating perfectly or in imminent danger of catastrophic collapse, depending on whose propaganda you’re reading. Our recent extremely hot summer and even more recent record-setting cold snap both taxed the grid. I have no solutions to offer here.     We depend heavily on power. Let the electricity go out a few hours (or days) and you realize anew just how reliant we are. I even purchased a generator to use if we are without power for more than a few hours. It won’t run the whole house, but it can keep the refrigerator and freezer from letting the food thaw and ruin.     But what if I can’t get any more gasoline for the generator? Then I’m back to square one. Yes, it’s important to have access to power!     Being connected to the power of God ought to concern us more than the electrical grid. Christ’s gospel is God’s power unto salvation (Romans 1:16). No matter how powerful you might think you are, your own power can’t save you from your sins.     God “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20). That’s not our power but His! But it will work through you when you are connected to it.     Our “faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God” (1 Corinthians 2:5). Confidence in the electrical grid may or may not be justified; but God’s power never fails, and it is always available to those with an obedient faith.     Stay connected to the power!

- Joe Slater serves as minister of the Church of Christ in Justin, TX. He may be contacted through the congregation's website: http://justinchurchofchrist.com