I’m thankful that God is omnipotent. God’s power created the universe and his power sustains it. Today I walked the dog down by the pond and we watched ducks swim. The dog, the ducks, and I, were all energised by God’s sustaining power.
Everything I have comes by way of God’s power: His power causes the sun to shine and the rain to fall; his power causes the tomatoes to ripen and the flowers to bloom; his power supplies the food I eat and the clothes I wear; his power keeps me safe as I travel and healthy as I work.
That God is omnipotent means he can always do what he wills to do. Nothing can stop him from carrying out his plans. That’s another reason I can count on him to keep his promises, isn’t it?
God’s “power toward us who believe” means I have security despite my weaknesses. The God who spoke the universe into existence, who sustains it by his word, who raised Christ from the dead, and who is always, ever working all things according to the counsel of his will keeps me by his power (1 Peter 1:3-5). I cannot, will not, keep myself by my own power, but the God of all ability is on my side, keeping me by his power.
It is through the power of God that
…neither death nor life,
nor angels nor principalities nor powers,
nor things present nor things to come,
nor height nor depth,
nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 8:38,39)
The limitlessness of God’s power is one more reason I can trust him. It’s on more reason I have hope. Praise God for his omnipotence!