The Power That Works in Us.

 Pastor Tunde Jenrola

            In the next few minutes, I’ll be talking to us on this message titled “The Power that Works in Us”; Ephesians 3: 14 – 21, the background to this was when Paul was talking to the Christians at Ephesus and was sharing with them how God called him and how God has given him the mandate to minister to the Gentiles, people who before then were not considered heirs to God. So this portion where we read from is where Paul was now praying for the people; and then in verse 20 he said that he will see God to be able to carry the abundant things that God can do according to His power that works in us.

We’re going to quickly define two keywords, Power and Work. Power is defined as the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way. Capacity to direct, to influence, behavior of other people or course of event.

Power could also be said to be a supernatural thing or force and in this case, situating it to our course for today, the supernatural force here is God, so we are saying the power of God that works in us. Work on the other hand is defined as the activity (whether it’s mental or physical) that is deployed to achieve a purpose.

          So let us just take a few look at power and the work that we’re talking about;

• The more power you deploy, the more work you can do (assuming efficiency is constant), Judges 14:5 & 6.
• As good as power is, if power is deployed in the wrong direction, in an opposite direction, instead of aiding your ability, it becomes a resistance, Genesis 26: 18 – 22.

So now that we’ve established the relationship between power and work, let us now see how these play out in our lives;

• There is the power of a man that doesn’t know God, Acts 12: 1-11.
• There is power of devil and his cohorts
• The power of God, John 10:10

What are the inhibitors?

• Lack of knowledge of the word.
• Lack of faith, Hebrews 11:6.
• Sin.

Therefore brethren, if the word of God does not appear to be working in your life, two things: either you are not speaking the word, you don’t know the word or you are afraid, you are not talking with boldness or there is an inhibitor, if there is an inhibitor, the word will not work.

Thank You Jesus,

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