ALL POWER BELONGS TO GOD

God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: that POWER BELONGS TO GOD – Psalm 62:11

It is important to emphasize from the onset that “POWER BELONGS TO GOD” (Psa.62:11). ALL POWER belongs to God. He is the Source and Possessor of all Power. The Power of God is an inherent and distinctive quality of His Person. Power is inherent to God. He is the Source of His own power and doesn’t need to acquire anything outside Himself. God doesn’t need anyone to supply Him with power. He is the Ultimate Source and Originator of all Power. The omnipotent God simply controls and directs His power to accomplish His purposes and good pleasure: “But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases” (Psa.115:3).

God’s power is infinite and undiminishing. His eternal power is however portrayed in creation: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork” (Psa. 19:1). “He has made the earth by HIS POWER, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His discretion” (Jer. 10:12). Yet, God’s creative works only provide a glimpse of His boundless power. The vast power evidenced in God’s creation is not all the power that God possesses. He who made the world is far greater than the world itself: “He stirs up the sea with HIS POWER, and by His understanding He breaks up the storm. By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of HIS POWER who can understand?” (Job 26:12-14)

God and power are virtually inseparable in Scripture. When Jesus was asked if He was the Christ, He replied: k 14:61, Jesus was asked if He was the Christ, He replied, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven” (Mk.14:62). When Jesus spoke of ruling at the right hand of God, He referred to the Father simply as “Power.” The power of God is that ability whereby He brings to pass whatever He pleases, whatever His infinite wisdom directs, and whatever the infinite purity of His will resolves. God’s power is infinite, eternal, and incompressible; it can neither be restrained nor frustrated by any creature. As His essence is immense, not confinable in place; as it is eternal, immeasurable by time; so it is almighty – unlimited in action. Yet, all of these express only the peripheries of God’s glorious power.

That God possesses all Power means that He possesses both absolute and ordinate Power. God’s absolute power is what God can do. His ordinate power is what He does, what He ordains to do. God can do whatever He wants to do, but in His perfect wisdom He carefully chooses how He exerts His power. It is what He wills to accomplish in His infinite wisdom, given all the options and choices He could make. Sometimes in His perfect wisdom, God chooses not to do everything He can do. For example, in God’s absolute power: He could have kept Adam from eating the apple on the Tree or could have not created the tree in the first place; and He could have sent twelve legions of angels to remove Jesus from the cross. However, His ordinate power has kept him from doing those things. If you ask God to do something and He doesn’t do it, it might be because, in His wisdom, He has a better plan in mind.

The power-attribute of God gives meaning to all of His other attributes. God’s power ensures that His mercy is active, not just feeble pity. Because of God’s power, His promises are not just well-wishes, but will come to pass. We can depend on everything God says He will do for us. Because of His power, God never utters an empty threat. His power is dependable and real. It never runs out. It cannot be reined in, held back, or slowed down by anyone. Beloved, trust in the Lord God – He possesses ALL POWER!