What makes us jump? When we are preoccupied with a book or a movie, or we’re mowing the yard wearing headphones, what gets our attention and makes us jump?
A lightning strike will do it. No matter how deeply immersed we are in the moment, even asleep in bed, a good, loud lightning strike will get our attention every time.
God is that lightning strike. When he slams his power into the ground, we notice. It’s a blast of superheated air around a core of energy that’s hotter than the surface of the sun, one that travels faster than we can blink.
It’s quite an event to behold. It can be very dangerous to be around a lightning strike, though. If it hits us, it can kill.
Here are some passages that illustrate our Lightning Strike God:
Romans 13:1 tells us who has all the power:
“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.’
2 John 1:9 describes our connection to God’s lightning:
“Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.”
Hebrews 13:17 helps us channel the power:
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.”
Luke 10:19 puts our hand on the power switch:
“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.”
Matthew 28:18 points to Jesus as our private power contractor:
“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.’ ”
1 Peter 2:18-20 is how we dissipate the awesome power of God to the hurting world around us:
“Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.”
The interesting thing about a lightning strike? It’s only dangerous if we try to hold the power in our hands. When we let it travel around and through us and on to other people, we are perfectly safe.
Let’s make sure we channel God’s power and blessings to everyone we meet.
God doesn’t want his power to come to us. He wants it to flow through us.
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