“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). These are words that most of us, who are acquainted with the biblical account creation, are most certainly with. God spoke, and creation came into being. “For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm” (Psalm 33:9). Have you ever considered the power of God? He simply speaks and things come into being! This week, in our study of the attributes of God: God is all-powerful; God is almighty; God is omnipotent.
The New American Oxford dictionary says that to be omnipotent is to have “virtually unlimited authority or influence.” - no human possesses this. As much as we may like to think we are not, all of us are under someone else’s power - yet, no man’s power is absolute. Throughout all of human history, as soon as a man appeared to have all the power he could want, he was toppled like a house of cards. This is not so with God. Let’s look at some of the biblical proofs.
“Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases,” Psalms 115:3. “Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps,” Psalm 135:6. When speaking about the ability of a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible,” Matthew 19:26.
In his book, The Attributes of God, A.W. Pink cites Charles Spurgeon on God’s omnipotence: “God’s power is like Himself, self-existent, self-sustained. The mightiest of men cannot add so much as a shadow of increased power to the Omnipotent One. He sits on no buttressed throne and leans on no assisting arms. His court is not maintained by His courtiers, nor does it borrow its splendor from His creatures. He is Himself the great central source and originator of all power.”
Through our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are already (and not yet) joined with the chorus at the marriage supper of the Lamb that will be singing, “Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns.” (Revelation 19:6)
Go Deeper:
Read Job 38-42, to see the Lord testify to His own almighty power.
Grace & Peace,
John
(You can reach Pastor John at jwhite@thevillagemi.com)