The Omnipotence of Christ: by Andrew Murray

“I have been given authority in Heaven and Earth” Matthew 28:18

Before Christ gave His disciples their Great Commission He first revealed Himself in His resurrected power as a partner with God Himself. It was the faith of this that enabled the disciples to undertake their mission with boldness.

Just think of what the disciples had learned of the power of Christ Jesus when He was here on earth. Yet that was little compared with the greater works that He would do in and through them. Christ provided the power to work even in the feeblest of His servants with the strength of the almighty God.

We too are to count literally upon the daily experience of being “strong with the Lord’s mighty power” (Ephesians 6:10). But remember, this power is never meant to be experienced as if it were our own. It is only as Jesus Christ as a living person dwells and works within our own heart and life that there can be power in our prayer and personal testimony. It was when Christ had said to Paul, “My power works best in your weakness” that Paul could say what he had never learned to say before: “When I am weak, then am I strong” (2Corinthians12:9-10). It is the disciple of Christ who truly understands that all power has been entrusted to Christ and that we must receive that power from Him hour by hour.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I acknowledge my weakness. By the power of Your risen Son, may Your strength be made perfect in my weakness. In the power of the name of Jesus, Amen.