POWER FOR PURPOSE

"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father" – John 14:12

The Power of God is not deployed arbitrarily. POWER undergirds PURPOSE. His Power is needed to perform His works. Power is primary to the fulfilment of life’s Purpose. Life is all about Purpose – the reason for being. Life is an Assignment as well as a sequence of assignments. Everything and everyone was made for divine purposes and specific assignments. There is a purpose for every work of creation. There is a commission behind every conception on the earth. The pathways of life are however bedevilled with stubborn oppositions and unrepentant adversaries; hence, the primacy of Power! The promise of power and purpose is almost unbelievable yet these promises come from the lips of our Lord: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father" (Jh.14:12).

Power is that necessary and sufficient force that compels oppositions to surrender so that life’s purposes or assignments can be accomplished seamlessly.  In the absence of Power, purpose is perverted, assignments are frustrated, destiny could be aborted, and even life could be prematurely terminated. Every destiny was divinely designed, furnished, and packaged at creation, to manifest glory. In many cases however, the battles of life abort, divert, hinder, or negatively rearrange destinies. Power is demanded to stop destiny hijackers, robbers, and terrorists. Under God, you must take responsibility for the battles of life in order to accomplish destiny, and ensure that you finish well and finish strong, rather than ending up poorly, painfully, regrettably or shamefully. You cannot fully fulfil the Purposes of God on earth unless you have and are operating in God’s Power.

Christ Jesus has lived out as our Model and set the standard high, and we are called and commissioned to do the works that He did as well as even greater works (Jh.14:12). He declares that without Him we can accomplish absolutely nothing (Jh.15:5). However, with Christ and through Him we can achieve all things (Phil.4:13). We are living in the greatest time of history when there is already a dynamic release of divine power to accomplish God’s purposes. This is a unique season for the Church as "His-story" is being proclaimed in a powerful way across the earth. It is time to shift gear from “business-as-usual” and to not settle for mere talk and empty fables: “For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in POWER” (1Cor.4:20).

A desperate cry demanding the revelation and manifestation of God’s holy Presence and Power is issuing forth in the Church. Paul echoed this Cry: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God” (1Cor.2:1-5).

It is time to be passionate and hungry for divine Power for the right reasons – to bless humanity, fulfil Purpose, accomplish Destiny, and glorify our Creator! It is time for followers of Christ to display and demonstrate the Mighty Power of our God! It is time to see the works of God, not the polished performance of human effort: “Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands” (Psa.90:16-17). Oh, may the Power of the Holy Spirit be ignited afresh in us to accomplish life’s assignments. May the Lord manifest in and through us His Power that cannot be resisted, humiliated, mocked, or stopped!