The Power Over You

I tell people frequently that we humans are like straws.  We are open on both ends and hollow in the middle and though we may appear to be empty we are still filled with something, even if it is only opportunistic air.  Unfortunately we are filled with self.  We are filled with worldly influences and we are filled by Spiritual forces as well.  If we are not filled with Christ, we will be filled with His enemy.  While that may be hard to hear, it is most definitely true.  We humans were made to be filled and so we will be.

We humans were also made to worship, adore and belong to...Someone.  We have an overwhelming desire to  "love".  We often misunderstand this desire and we try to attach ourselves to  things and people thinking these relationships will fill this God given void. We are placed on this earth to find our way to Christ.  Just like a duckling is born trying to find his mother, we are born with "eternity in our hearts". Ecclesiastes 3:11. Just like that duckling can mistake the first thing it sees as its mother, we can mistake the first person or thing that eases this ache as the one we were meant to love.  That mistake often leads to big trouble.

We, as people, don't trust things that we cannot see so we do not understand the Power over us.  But we are governed by many things we cannot see in everyday life.  We are susceptible to germs which make us sick.  We are supported by gravity.  We are aided by the Internet, cable and GPS technology.  We cannot see these things yet we trust them.  We have faith in them and if they do not work, it greatly impacts our lives.  Yet we give them far more credit than they are due. There is a greater Power.

God, in the person of Jesus Christ is the Creative force of this world.  John 1:3 "All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made." Colossians 1:16, 17 "For by* him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together." We hold together in Christ.  He is the missing piece of our puzzle. That is power.

Perhaps you do not believe in God.  Maybe you believe in a "higher power".  However, every power is higher than human beings in our present fleshly prison. Which power have you chosen?  You see, you must choose.  We must choose.  We, being straws or as humans will be filled, remember?  If we are not filled with Christ then the "Opportunist" moves in.  The "Opportunist" is not your friend.  This spiritual being known by many names such as Satan, the Enemy, the Father of Lies, and so on has a plan for your life-to make sure you never find Christ. 

The Enemy knows his end. Satan is a defeated foe if you have chosen Christ.  God tells us what Satan's position is in Revelation 17. In verses 8 and 11 the Bible says Satan "was and is not".  Revelation tells us past, present and future all at the same time.  God is telling us that he was in existence as a power but he "is not" because his future had already been determined, v8 but "yet is" because he has not yet been thrown into hell.  Satan was defeated when Jesus rose from the grave and took the keys of hell and death. Revelation 1:18 speaks of Jesus this, "I [am] He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death." However, Satan has been allowed to roam the earth for a while longer.  This Enemy can still deceive and influence and blind us if we allow it.


You see, God alone in His Triune power, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit  is Omnipotent, meaning that He has all power.  Revelation 19:6 "And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!"  His Name is also "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."  Revelation 1:8. God is-now; and was-has always been; and is to come-in the Second Coming when Jesus comes back to reign. Jesus will throw Satan into hell and those that follow after him-who did not choose to follow Christ.

I will say again that you get to choose the Power over you.  Though there really is only One.  Should you decide not to choose Christ to be your Lord-the One who reigns over your life-then you choose the Enemy.  And Satan has already been defeated.  Though Satan may have a little power now, enough to confuse and deceive you, he does not have enough power to save even himself because he has been condemned to hell when Jesus rose from the dead.  Is that who you want to have control over you?  Matthew 10:28 "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."  God, while He is the only real Power, will not force you to choose Him. You can choose to have a defeated foe rule your life, though he can't save his own life. Or, you can pretend that there is no God, though everyday you breathe and see His creation, and you cannot save yourself. The "Opportunist", Satan will still rule your life. Or, you can pretend that the sun and moon and stars or trees have power over you, though you know they were also created. Here again, the "Opportunist", or Satan will be your lord. There is no middle ground.




God is giving you time to make your decision but we do not know how much longer we have.  He could come tonight or tomorrow.  But tomorrow is not promised. James 4:14 "... whereas you do not know what [will happen] tomorrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."  God makes it very clear in His Word, the Bible, what we should do; ""I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;" Deuteronomy 30:19. 

May you choose well the Power over you.

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To God be the glory,
Jamie