There Is Unlimited Power

By Fylvia Fowler Kline

In Jesus’ power, I see what He can do for me, but I don’t see the power-filled things I could, in turn, do for others. My Christianity seems stuck in a rut of ambivalent words and deeds that only whisper my faith. There’s no fire, no pizzazz. Nothing I do really smacks with the spunk of an I-got-Jesus-power attitude.

My walk contradicts my favorite verse in the Bible: “The person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I’ve been doing.” (John 14:11, 12, The Message)

There is unlimited power in that verse.   There has to be--simply because it is Jesus’ words and it is the truth. Before He left, he gave us options unlimited and a power supreme. He said we have access to the same Power He had while on earth and that we can all the same things He did and even more. This is no exaggeration. He said it; we can do it.

So what’s standing in my way? It’s certainly not a dislike for power! I believe it is the lack of time I spend trying to access the Power. If I take the time that Jesus did to connect with the Power, the Power would be mine! I try to imagine the person I’d be if I were consistently and continually connected to the Power:  I see myself with an intuitive sixth sense that enables me to easily determine where God needs me to be and what He wants me to say or do.

Fylvia Fowler Kline writes from Medford, Oregon. fkline@rvas.org