Power of Christ

"By the power of Christ in me."

Have you ever thought about that phrase?- what it means?- what it implies?

Sometimes when I'm on a spiritual mountain top - when I've been able to resist some temptation for a period of time - when I'm feeling close to my Savior, satan will whisper in my ear, "You can't keep this up. You've had good times before, and you've always slipped up. You've overcame before, and it hasn't lasted."

You know what? He's right. I can't keep overcoming. It's that simple. I can't.

But, by the power of Christ in me...well...that's a different story. Satan has no authority over the power of Christ. In the power of Christ satan has already lost, and he knows it.

That's why, so often, Satan focuses his attacks on getting us to forget that we have access to Christ's power. If he can get us discouraged, if he can get us focused on our abilities, or if he can, in some way, distract us from allowing Christ's power to work, that is the only way he can win a battle.

So what battles are you fighting? What strongholds of sin are you trying to tear down in your life? In what area's are you striving to grow spiritually?

Whatever they are, take them to Christ. Acknowledge our weakness. Acknowledge to Him that these things are so much bigger than we are, but don't let it stop there. Acknowledge to Him that, by faith, you want to lay hold of His power and allow it to transform.

May we all come to the place that Paul found in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.