Let’s start the year with the correct focus. If I judge the new year by the old year, I guarantee there will be some kind of challenge I will need to face. It might be health, it might be wealth, it might be something else. But it will be!
If I am going to be triumphant in each challenge, which is my goal, I need to find the source of all authority and power that will turn every challenge into the opportunity to grow more like Christ Jesus. I need to direct my prayers to the ONE who is ABLE to give me the VICTORY.
Christ Jesus promised His disciples that when He ascended to the Father, He would be in the place of POWER. “In the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.” [Matthew 26:64 NLT]
Power is the word dunamis. It means POWER, strength, ability, might, miracle.
Jesus also promised that He had ALL AUTHORITY. “Jesus came and told his disciples, ‘I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.’” [Matthew 28:18 NLT]
Authority is the word exousia. It means AUTHORITY, power, right, jurisdiction.
My focus in this new year is Jesus, who sits in the place of power and has all the authority that goes with it. Why would I look anywhere else for help. Amen & Amen