Ephesians 1:19–20 says: “I pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead…” (NLT)
DAILY READING; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ezekiel 10-11; Isaiah 42
One of the most amazing stories of a transformed life is that of John Adams. He was part of the crew of a ship, HMS Bounty, which left England in 1787, to Tahiti in the South Pacific. However on the way, the crew revolted against their captain and took over the ship. They then put the captain and his supporters into a smaller boat and sent them sailing across the ocean, back to England, while the mutineers took the ship to Tahiti, where some of the men married Tahitian women.
However, fearing arrest by the British Navy, they left Tahiti and sailed across the ocean to the small uninhabited island of Pitcairn where they settled and began a new life. However, the men began to drink heavily and soon became embroiled in a lot of fighting. They began killing each other, until eventually a few years after, only one man, John Adams was left alive, among 9 women and about 23 children on the island.
John Adams was at a loss on how to lead the small community of women and children. One day while rummaging through a chest from their ship, he found a Bible and began to read it. The more he studied the more a strange and marvelous change began to come over him until his life was completely transformed. The amazing thing was that, with no human guide to show him the way of righteousness, in a remarkable move of God, this former drunkard and murderer came to himself in a far country and learned to follow Christ. Adams lost no time in implementing God’s Word as the way of life on the island, until eventually everyone became a Christian.. The community held prayers day and night and fasted at least one day in the week.
In 1825, the British Navy did eventually find John Adams, but from the transformation they saw, he was formally granted amnesty. He continued to serve as patriarch of the Pitcairn community until his death in 1829.
It is truly amazing how God transformed the life of this former criminal, simply through the power of His Word. Indeed God’s Word is life-changing, with the ability to transform anyone that encounters it. Through His Word, God can invade chaotic situations and change things by His Spirit.
Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void”. The earth was a chaotic mess, but when God released His Word, His Spirit moved in that confusing situation, and brought forth order and structure.
Today, the world indeed is in a chaotic situation. But while we hear negative reports about the current economic or social conditions, we must understand that we are not waiting for it to change or get better, rather we are to change things through the transformative power of God’s Word.
In the confusing and dark situation, it is time to say, “Let there be light”. It is time for us to begin to call those things that be not as if they were. It is time to declare the invisible. The power is in your mouth. You shall have whatever you say. The truth is that while the world has been preoccupied with the pandemic, time did not stop running, as a matter of fact the year is almost rounding up. Therefore you can’t afford to continue waiting. While the world may be in a lockdown, our minds are not locked down. We have the mind of Christ. And instead of being conformed to the ways of the world, it is time to begin to transform situations by the power God has given us.
Ephesians 1:19–20 says: “I pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead…” (NLT)
Think about it! The Bible says that God has given us the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. Indeed God’s incredible power is available to us, to change contrary situations. Let us therefore begin to engage this power by releasing God’s Word into dead situations around us. It is our year to see glory. Indeed God is getting ready to turn things completely around for us. He’s getting ready to do something so new and amazing that we will be a wonder to our world. Suddenly His right hand and His holy arm is going to move in every chaotic situation and give us the victory. He is going to turn every mourning into dancing and put a new song in our mouths.
PRAYER: Lord, please enable me to meditate constantly on Your Word so that my heart can be filled with the faith I need to change situations around me. Through the power of Your Word, I know indeed that I have the victory in every battle in Jesus Name.
QUOTE:
Your heart needs to be filled with The Word of God to the point of overflow. – WORDBITE 22