Living By the Power

Read Job 1:1-5

Job lived by the power of God. We know this because this book begins with a description of Job's life - In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright, he feared God and shunned evil.

We tend to believe if we're living like Job that life is going to run smoothly for us. But even if we just skimmed the pages of Job's story we find this isn't the case with Job. And experience tells us this isn't the case for us either. The truth is we're called to be blameless and upright, to fear God and to shun evil no matter what situation we find ourselves in. Now none of this is possible if we're not living by the power of God.

Jesus promised us something better was coming. He said it was good for us, followers of Christ, that He go back to heaven because then the Holy Spirit would come, live inside us and empower us to live with the power of God. Friends, make no mistake about it - we are not immune from difficulties simply because we are followers of Christ. In fact, we're told just the opposite. In this life we will face trouble but fear not because Jesus has overcome the world.

We can be overcomers so long as we rely on living by the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. The question we need to consider is are we going to live by the power of the Spirit or the power of self. Everyone is going to face trouble, that's a guarantee. How we're going to face that trouble is up to us. Are we going to face it trusting the power of the Holy Spirit or are we going to face it with our own power.

As for me and my house, we're going to trust the Lord with all our heart, soul, strength and mind no matter what comes our way.