Empowered

I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. Psalm 17:15.

All those who know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior will see Him in all His splendor and glory. In His Sermon on the Mount, He said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). What a promise this is. But we do not have to wait to know His power. He gives it to us while we live: a supernatural power to overcome temptations, to smile through tears, to experience joy despite life’s burdens. His Spirit raises us up from the mundane, the monotonous, and the hopelessness that we encounter on Earth. He brings us out of spiritual lifelessness and transforms us day by day. Imagine plugging in to such power as this— the ­ power of the Lord Jesus Christ. He calls us to follow Him and to serve Him, and He does not do that without enabling us. When we work in our own power, we struggle. With Christ, though, all things are possible, and He enables us to do His will. What a reversal there would be in our culture’s deteriorating morals. What a lessening of tensions we would see in individuals, groups, and even nations! What a new purpose and power we would experience if we caught the wonder of the biblical truth that Jesus is alive!
Graham, Billy. Truth for Each Day : A 365-Day Devotional, Thomas Nelson Incorporated, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/liberty/detail.action?docID=30516542.
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