This is amazing when you stop and think of it, Paul says he wants to “experience the mighty power” are we trying to do that? I don’t want to just know about Christ, I want to live and experience Him. We need to truly surrender and dig deep into all God shows us and have a passion to learn all we can.
In Isaiah chapter 38 at the end of verse 1 it says about King Hezekiah, “…This is what the Lord says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.”
I love what King Hezekiah does in response. In verse 2 he says, “When Hezekiah’s heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord.” Then the Lord tells Isaiah in verse 5, “Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘this is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor, David, says: ‘I have heard your prayers and see your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the King of Assyria. Yes, I will defend this city.”
Instead of the King finding out he was going to die and being miserable he prayed. To me that is experiencing God’s power and totally surrendering to His will. We need to remember how amazing God is for sending His Son to give us a chance to live for eternity with Him.
I would like to end with what Paul says in Philippians 3:13-14, “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.” That heavenly prize is life and Jesus is the way. Amen