Control

Jesus had been scourged and then brought before Pilate. Pilate was actually afraid and asked, “Where are you from?” Jesus didn’t answer. Pilate then responded with, “Don’t you know I have the power to release you…or crucify you?!” Jesus spoke and said, “You have no power except what God gives you!”

I waltz through life thinking I’m in control—until I’m faced with an overwhelming situation and realize I’m not—and never really had control.  My life is to be an expression of God’s life through me. He wants the world to see what HE can do—not what I can do. Left to my own, I create messes. He creates order which brings victory!

I’m not saying we can’t do good things. We’re made in the image of God and are Christ-bearers. But we are so limited. Our vision is limited. Our strength is limited. Our knowledge is limited. Our wisdom is limited.

Why don’t we trust God more? He has everything in His hands. He knows the beginning from the end. He has all wisdom and all power! And yet we rely on our limited strength. It’s familiar. It’s what we can see and touch!

LET GO and trust God. I know it feels scary. But you never really had control. It’s an illusion. Satan gives you the illusion of control and power so you won’t depend on God!  He fears what God can—and WILL do through you.  

“Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,”  Ephesians 3:20 AMP