More than everything

Eph 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us…

The Norwegian Bible has a bit different wording of this verse. It says: “Unto him that is able to do more than everything, far beyond what we can ask or understand”. When I read this, I asked myself; how is it possible to do more than everything? One thing would be if he claimed that God could do everything, but more than everything? Everything is everything, isn’t it? You cannot have more than everything. At least, so I thought. Until I remembered that God is the only one who can make something that is not. He can create something new. Take for example creation. In the beginning God created heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and there was darkness upon the face of the deep. If you were there, you might ask: Is this everything? The answer would be yes. But then, suddenly, God created light. WoW. Now “everything” includes light. Again you may ask; is this everything? Yes, at that point that was everything. But then he created the firmament, and then the grass and trees, and then the fishes, animals and birds. 

My point is this. When God solves your situation, he might not use any of the seemingly possible solutions. He can create a solution that is not there. He can create a whole new tomorrow. He can solve an impossible situation because he can do more than everything. 

When the Prophets prophesied, God created a new situation in the future, that was not there in the first place. That’s why Matthew again and again says things like: This happened that it might be fulfilled… These were situations and happenings that had been created in order to fulfill Gods word. “Everything” was the day as it was suppose to be before God intervened. “More than everything” is the changed day, and the changed agenda after God had changed it.
He can change your tomorrow, because he can do more than everything.

Our light affliction...

2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory

How could Paul claim that our affliction is light? Is not that offensive to the Corinthian church, and those in the church going through difficult trials? How can he say the affliction is light? He said OUR affliction, so he includes his own trials. But looking at Paul’s life from a distance, his trials seem far away from light. He had been in prison, whipped, faced death, beaten with rods etc.

Paul gives them three reasons why he can claim their affliction is light:

1)   Its but for a moment.
It will not last forever. We are only walking THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death. We are not settling down. We shall come out of this

2)   It’s working for us.
Everything works together for the good to them that love God. Whatever we face and go through, God will somehow turn it around and bless us in the end. He will make it work for us, and benefit us.

3)   We have an exceeding and eternal weight of glory waiting for us.
If you put all the weight of your pain, grief, and struggle on one side of the scale, and the weight of your eternal glory on the other side, you will see that your affliction is light, and not heavy

The settlement

2 Cor 5:19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

The Norwegian Bible is using the same word for reconciliation as a settlement in court. And I am thinking to myself that is exactly what’s going on. When there is a settlement, the convicted and the offended meets and come to an agreement. The agreement will decide if the case goes to court or not. The whole point of a settlement is to avoid taking the case to court. Sometimes there is a huge price involved, so the convicted pays himself out of the charge.
The thing that makes this settlement so special is that the offended part is the one paying the settlement. He is the one suggesting making a settlement, and he is the one paying. So, what is the motive for this action? The motive is that my case does not have to go to court. When its time for my case, I can say: I have made a settlement. And when I am about to tell the judge, that’s when I realize that the settlement was made with the judge himself.
The one I have offended is the same as my defensing advocate. He is also the same as the one making a settlement with me. He is also the same as the judge accepting the settlement. Oh, what a savior!!
Don’t take your case to court. You will loose. Receive the offer of settlement, and don’t worry about the price. He has paid it all.

Tampering with evidence

Psalm 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

From time to time, I enjoy watching a good documentary of some crime investigation. It is fascinating to watch the detectives and investigators trying to find evidence that will link a criminal to a crime. They can believe they are 100% sure they have found the right person, but without any evidence that can link the person to the crime, they cant convict him. So they search for physical evidence like a fingerprint or a dna proof, that will link the criminal to the crime scene.

We also have an accuser, and an investigator that are constantly working on finding evidence so he can condemn us for sins we have committed. But here in Psalm 103, the psalmist is saying that God not only have forgiven us. He has been at the crime scene, and removed any evidence against us. He has removed them FROM US. They cannot be linked to us anymore. He has replaced our fingerprints with HIS fingerprints. He has replaced our DNA with his DNA at the crime scene.
Oh what a savior….

Dont Google the truth, experience the truth

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

For some time back, I was trying to help a backslider that was struggling with doubt. He had questions about creation, and questions about Noah and the flood. I tried to give him good answers, and showed him some good resources online. But I found that as soon as one answer was given, the next came up. One answer triggered a new question. Finally this is what I told him:

From the time of the Garden of Eden until now, the Devil have tried to fulfill his goal to steal, kill and destroy us. The weapon he is using is the same words he told Eve: Has God really said? An innocent question that is full of deadly poison. Now, I am not saying that we should seek for answers, or that it is wrong to struggle with doubt from time to time. That’s a part of being a human being. And there are good answers to be found out there for almost anything. But that is also a part of the problem. One god answer leads to a new question, and on and on. Listen to what the wise Salomon said: “be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh”
Faith is the opposite of doubt, and faith works in spite of and not because of reason. Faith is not depending on reason. I believe that is why Jesus told us to become like children. Children has a childish trust and faith in things. They don’t have to understand how electricity is transported or how it works. For them, its enough to know they have to turn on the switch. The blind man that got healed said this: If he (Jesus) is a sinner or not, I do not know. But one thing I know, I was blind, and now I see.
For myself, I have come to a point in my life where I don’t feel the need of understanding everything. To me its enough to know what I have experienced and who I feel is with me everyday. Paul knew this, and that’s why he didn’t lean to his own wisdom or knowledge. He was one of the most knowledgeable men at his time. But to the church of Corinth he said that when he came to hem, he didn’t come with enticing words of wisdom, but with the power and demonstration of the Spirit. Why? He said, so your faith would not be founded on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

Here lies the core of what I am trying to tell you. Seek experiences with God. Faith is not to be found in the science books, or in the Universities. They are to be found in a meeting with Jesus. Truth is not a dogma, or science. Truth is a Person

I lift up my eyes to the hills...

Psalm 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

When I read this Psalm in English, I am a bit puzzled. It seems to read that the Psalmist is lifting up his eyes to the hills, where his help is coming from. But that cant be right, since he in the very next verse makes it clear that his help is not coming from the hills, but rather from the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth. It may be that I don’t understand this old English, but in the Norwegian version it all become clearer. Here it says: I lift up my eyes to the mountains, where is my help is going to come from? In other words, when I look in front of me, and all I see is mountains. All I see is problems. All I can see is a mountain of difficulties, a mountain of fear, or a mountain of obstacles. I ask myself, where shall my help come from? Then the answer come as quick as the question. “My help cometh from the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth…” 

I will declare today that when there is a mountain of financial problems in front of me, my help is not coming from my bank account. My help is not coming from any social security. My help is not coming from the stock market.  When there is a mountain of sickness in front of me, my help is not coming from doctors or medicine. (Even though I believe in taking it and listen to my doctor) When there is a mountain of uncertainty and questions in front of me, my help is not coming from google. When the mountains come in my way, I turn to the way maker. He will speak to my mountain, and say be though removed. He is the creator of heaven and earth. He has all power, and there is no problems too big or too small for him. HE may not remove my mountain, but ask me to climb it. Then he will give me the strength to climb it or be my guide me around it. What a help we have!!!

The danger of infection

Hey 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Today, because of the fear of the Covid-19 virus, people are super careful so they will not be infected. They carry antibac, they wash their hands, they try not to get too close with people, and when touching things outside, they try not tp touch their face, in fear to be infected with the virus. It is understandable since you never know where and when you can be infected.
I wonder if we could understand the danger of getting infected with sin, if we would not be more careful. Careful what we watch. Careful what we listen to. Careful where we go, and what kind of people we associate our self with. The Bible tells us that sin so easily beset us. It may be a little thought of doubt. It may be a small root of bitterness. It may be a little sprout of lust. It is so easy to get infected, going around in this world so full of sin everywhere. 

Let us be careful, and always bring a bottle of “blood” with us. Always be ready to ask God to forgive us and to plead the blood. 

One reason why we should be extra careful with covid-19 is because of the elderly and more fragile people among us. It may not be a danger to you, but it can be to your neighbor. Love your neighbor as your self. Even if some things are not a danger to you, doesn’t mean it cannot harm others. Don’t just claim your rights to do certain things that can be a trap and causing others to fail and sin. Let us stay far away from anything that can harm us, or those around us. Instead, set your eyes on Jesus. The author and finisher of our faith.

A healing of sight

2 King 6:17And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

His problem was not that he didn’t have any help. His problem was that he didn’t see it. He didn’t need God to send him help, he just needed a healing of sight so he could see what was already there.

Sometimes all we need in our lives is a healing of sight. Because many times what we see and perceive is not the total picture. God encourages us to look at the things that are not seen. The way God looks at things.

Sometimes when we see defeat, God sees victory. When we see ruins, he see walls. When we see desert, he see rivers. When we see a Shepard boy, God sees a King. When we see ourselves as unworthy, he sees us worthy. Sometimes we don’t need to change anything. We just need a healing of sight!!

A silent carrier

Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

You think you are rich. You think you have need of nothing. But you are unaware of your situation. You are unaware that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Because you cant see it. It is a spiritual state God is talking about.

Today, in these Corona virus times, a lot of people are carrying the virus without knowing it. We call them silent carriers. They are unaware that they carry a possible deadly virus in them. The problem is that there is not enough test equipment available for all. So they cant check if they have it or not, but have to wait for the symptoms to show. Even then a lot of them can’t test themselves. In Norway you can test yourself only when it gets really serious, or if you are already in the danger category.

For the Spiritual disease God is talking about here, there is a way to test your self. The Psalmist says it like this: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Have you prayed that honest prayer today? It may be that God show you that your situation is not like you hoped for. Don’t wait until its too late. Don’t make the same mistake as those in Matt 7:22-23. They came to the door and called him Lord, but he said depart for me. I have never known you. They was unaware that they were not saved. They were unaware that he did not know them.
Don’t be a silent carrier. Ask him to check you heart today. He goes on and say: ”Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Have you done his will? Have you obeyed him? Have you repented? Have you been baptized in his name? Have you recieved the gift of the Holy Ghost? 

Hunger for the ball

Is 6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me

Hunger for the ball

  

When God asked the question, whom shall I send, and who will go, the answer from the Prophet was: I WILL. Send me.

No questions like: What exactly is the mission? Is it far away? How long will it take? Does it involve finances? Will it make me look good? Is it within the frame of my ministry? No, he responded to a calling. No matter the cost, time or sacrifice, I am hungry to be used of God.

Pep Lijnerds, the leader of Liverpool Football clubs Youth Academy said this about the kids in the academy. We want to see a hunger for the ball. In other words, we are looking for players that shows an intense hunger to either take the ball from the opponent, or position him self so his team can pass him the ball. Because that kind of hunger will develop the player to always get better.

Are you hungry to be used of God? Are you willing to do whatever it takes? Or do you have the attitude that if God wants to use me, let him tell it to me. Let him come to me. God has already called us. The calling has gone out just like in the days of the Prophet. The ball is on our side now. What shall we do about it? I will take the ball, and say: HERE I AM. SEND ME. 

The Good, Acceptable and Perfect will of God

Rom 121I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The goal of presenting yourself as a living sacrifice, not being conformed to this world, and having your mind renewed is simply to find Gods will. The beginning of finding Gods will is to give up your will. That’s why you give yourself as a living sacrifice. You sacrifice your will in order to find Gods will. 

Paul divide Gods will in three levels. The good, the acceptable and perfect will of God.

1)   Good will of God. It is Gods will that we do good. This is the level of a servant. He does what is good. Well done you GOOD and faithful servant. Doing good is things like not steal, not cheat, being kind, being friendly etc etc. Things most people in the world would consider good.

2)   Acceptable will of God. The Greek word means well pleasing. This is the next level. Not only doing what is good. But what pleases God. This is where people in the world not always understand. We do things, not only because its good, but because we know it pleases God. We pray. We fast. We give tithes and offerings. We are faithful to Gods house. We pursue Holiness. Because we want to please him. This is the level of a friend. As his friends we want to please him

3)   Perfect will of God. Gods will and goal is to make us perfect. Eph 5:27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
This is how God describe the Church as his bride. This is the level that the world not only doesn’t understand, but also despises. They look on us as fanatics. Because we are in LOVE. When you have reached the level of a bride, when you are what you are, and do what you do because you are in LOVE, you have reached the PERFECT will of God.

Are you the real thing?

In the Coca Cola war between Pepsi Cola and Coca Cola, Coca Cola launched a commercial campaign with a new slogan. The slogan was “It’s the real thing”. They wanted to reflect that Coca Cola was the first and original Coke and that all others were just copies and fake. 

We live in a day and time of copies and fake. When visiting the Philippines recently, they took me to a place called Greenhills. Here you could buy Gucci, Rolex, Louis Vuitton and all the expensive brands for a cheap price. It was all just counterfeit.  

The Devil will always try to offer a copy to those not willing to pay the full price. When surrounding Jerusalem, Rabshake gave them an offer, if they surrendered to him. He said: I will take you away to a land like your own land… 

Many people today have recieved the enemies offer, and recieved a Counterfeit salvation. They are ”plastic Christians” It is almost impossible to see the difference in a Plastic flower and a real flower, but given some time you will see it. Because a Plastic flower never changes. A real flower you would expect to change. If you don’t see any difference after your conversion, you may be a plastic Christian. Over time, if not given water, the real flower will start to loose leaves and eventually die. A real Christian is depending on Spiritual water. It depends on spirit filled services and anointed preaching. A plastic Christian needs non of that. Thats why they can sit in dead and dry services and seemingly not being effected by it. 
Over time a real flower will blossom and grow, if given water and care. A plastic flower will just stay the same, and never grow. Never produce more flowers.

Are you the real thing, or are you Conterfeit? Do you long for Spiritual things? Do you grow? Do you change, or are you still the same?

Are you addicted to his presence?

Ex 33:11And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Joshua was addicted to the Presence of God. He had seen and felt the powerful transforming presence of the Almighty, and he did not want to leave it. It was the same kind of presence that Peter, John and James experienced on the mountain of transfiguration. Peter suggested that they should build three houses there. He did not want to go down from that mountain. It was the same kind of presence that caused David to write in Psalm 27 “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple….”

I have also been in his presence and felt his love, peace and joy so overwhelming, to the point that I didn’t want to leave ever again. I can understand the feeling of John the revelator when he wrote, come Lord Jesus. Come quickly.

Dont allow offense to steal your blessing

2 King 5:9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

Naaman was a high rank officer from Syria, that had come to seek healing. He had heard that the Prophet Elisha could help him. He came to the door of Elisha with a lot of expectations. He had it all played out in his mind how it should happen. He thought the Prophet would come out and call on the name of the Lord, striking his hand over the sick place, and recover the leper.  But the Prophet didn’t even come out himself. He only sent his servant. And then he told him to go wash in the river Jordan… Offended and humiliated, he went away in rage. Then his servants convinced him to go back and at least try what the Prophet said, and he got healed from his leprosy. 

He almost lost his healing from being offended. I wonder how many have lost their healing, or lost their blessing because they got offended. Many have left church and left the will of God, because somebody offended them. Instead of swallowing their pride and go on, they have went away from the will of God in rage. Not knowing or understanding that their answer was right around the corner. 

Don’t allow the enemy to offend you away from Gods will and Gods blessing. It may not happen the way you had thought, or the way you had planned.  But stay in the Church, and stay in Gods will. Your blessing is coming in a way you had not expected.

Three things the blood of Jesus does

Luk 22:20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

I grew up in a time where we often heard preaching about the blood, and sang about the blood. Songs like “There is power in the blood”, “Under his blood” and “The blood that Jesus shed for me” was songs that touched and stirred the heart like nothing else. Today in modern Christianity, there is little focus and preaching about the cross or the blood. We need to preach and sing it like ever before!

There are three things that we can liken our natural blood to the Spiritual blood of Jesus. Three things that shows the importance of having his blood flow through us every day.

1.    The blood Heals

a.    Whenever we get a cut or a wound on our body, the blood flows to it to heal the wound. It is to prevent infection to make it worse and hurt us.

b.    When someone or something hurt us, and we feel pain and disappointment. We need to take it to the cross, and there his blood will heal us and help us to forgive. It is to prevent anger, bitterness or jealousy to hurt us

2.    The blood protects

a.    When bacteria’s or viruses enters into our bodies, the white blood cells rushes to it and fight the enemies of our bodies.

b.     Everyday we are exposed to unclean thoughts, and attacks on our mind and faith through all we see and hear. We need to pleed the blood over our minds. We specially need to pleed the blood over our children’s minds for all the trash they hear in School and in social media. Lord let your blood protect their mind and faith.

3.    The blood brings LIFE

a.    It is the blood that transports the life-giving oxygen to our cells. Without the blood our cells will not receive this life-necessary oxygen.

b.    We need the blood of Jesus to transport his Holy Ghost into our lives. Before we can receive his power, we must pay a visit to the cross. A life in repentance and in Holiness opens the flow of his Holy Ghost power in our lives.

Time to repair the altar

1 King 18:30And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

When I have preached and taught from this text, I have always said that Elijah built an altar. But the truth is that he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. 

It once was an altar there, but for some reason it was now broken down. It could be lack of maintenance, or it could be that they had taken stones from the altar to build other things. We really don’t know. We do know that the people had drifted away from God, and didn’t care about the altar anymore. 

The altar represents your prayer life. Have you checked the status of your altar lately? Is it run down? Do you maintain it daily, or has it been too long since you prayed? Have you taken stones from it, and used it other places? The time you should have used in prayer, you now use for other things. Maybe it is time to build up the altar again, and bring back the stones where it belongs. 

When Elijah had repaired the altar, the same people that earlier didn’t want to listen to him was now ready for guidance and direction. Do you have family and friends that are unsaved? Do you have friends and family that don’t listen when you share the gospel? Take some time to work on your altar, and have it repaired, and you will soon find out that they will turn to you. Prayer will bring them home!

Seek ye FIRST

Matt 6: 33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

In Gods Kingdom is not only what you do, but in what order you do them. God is concerned how we priorities. First he makes it clear that we should not worry so much about what to eat, what to put on etc etc. Then he tells us FIRST to seek Gods Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be ADDED unto us. The keyword here is added unto us. That means we didn’t have it in the first place. There are some things we only receive if we first seek his Kingdom. There are some blessings and some miracles we never see in our lives, just because Gods Kingdom comes last. We don’t put his Kingdom first on our schedule. Whatever time we have left when we have done “more important” things we give to God. We don’t put his Kingdom first on our finances. Whatever that is left after we have paid our bills + bought what we want for pleasure, we give the rest if any to God. We don’t put his Kingdom first with our strength. We are tired when we shall pray or read our bibles because we have used all our strength on other things. 

If you want God to ADD unto you, you must change your priorities.

There was a widow in the Bible that got a visit from the Prophet. He asked her to give him a glass of water and a cake. She replied, I only have a little oil and a handful of meal. I am gathering some sticks so I can go in and dress it for my son, and me that we may eat it and die. Notice that she did NOT have anything extra. But the Prophet told her to make him a cake FIRST, and AFTER make to you and your son. You would think the Prophet didn’t hear what she said. But by doing so, she had both a cake and food for themselves. Not only that but the barrel of oil and the pot of meal was never empty until the rain came. 

The key to the ADDED blessing is to give God first.

Lift up your heads…

Luk 21:28 ”And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” 

The signs and evidences is all around us. We are living in the endtime. We see the enemy at work everywhere. The battle is intensified, and the negative reports are trying to overshadow what God is doing. In the middle of all of this, Jesus gives us an advice. Lift up your heads. Lift them up from the problems, and challenges. Lift them up away from all the negative reports. Set your focus on the Heavenly. The reason why Peter sank when he walked on hte Water was his focus on the storm and on the waves. As soon as he looked up and focused on Jesus he was able to walk on top of the waves that almost sank him.

HEB 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Let us do like Jesus. He endured the cross, and despised the shame because he focused on the JOY that was sat before him. Likewise we must LOOK unto Jesus while we lay aside every weight. Focus on heaven. Don’t allow the enemies trick you into focusing on the storm. The storm is only a sign for us to lift our heads and start anticipating HEAVEN on earth

Spiritual Synergy

1 Cor 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are Gods husbandry, ye are Gods building.

First of all, we are not supposed to do the job by ourselves. We are supposed to do it together with God.  When Jesus gave us the task to reach the world with the Gospel, he gave us two things to remember. He said, me is given ALL power in heaven and in earth. Go ye THEREFORE... We can go resting assure that he has all the power. The second thing is that he will never leave us. He promised: I am with you ALWAYS. 

So even the task seems impossible and too big, we know that he is with us, and that he has all power. Here Paul states that we are laborers together with God. The word “laborers together” is translated from the Greek word Synergos, where we have the word Synergy from. 

This is the definition of synergy: “The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.”

In other words what the two can do together is greater than what each can do by themselves. You may say that God don’t need us to be greater, but in the sense of reaching the world, he has made himself depending on us. He will not do the preaching, and he will not do the praying. He will not teach bible studies for us. He will not evangelize, or knock any doors. We have to do all of this. He has the power to save, but without anyone to tell the good news, the power will never reach them. But when we work together with God…

You may feel that you are so small and insignificant in yourself, but remember if you connect with God, there will be a spiritual synergy effect. Preaching+God produces faith. Faith+God produces obedience (works). Obedience+God produces power. It is called Synergy. God has chosen to do things together with us. So stop trying to do things in your own power or strength. Stop trying to do things according to your own wisdom. Don’t rely on your own abilities and experiences. Do it together with God. Always connect with him. Always pray for his direction and for his word to speak through you.

You are the vessel, and he is the oil. You are the lamp, and he is the light. You are the voice, and he is the word. You are the hands, and he is the power. We are the body, and he is the Spirit.

Its called Spiritual Synergy