LifeLink Devotions for Thursday, May 1, 2025

Well we’ve reached the end of our list of ways the power of God is at work in us but remember this – the Power of God has no end. It is limitless, just as He is.

There are two power principles left.

9.   God’s power is at work in us so that we may be servants of the Gospel.

What does that mean? Everyone serves something or someone. In our natural flesh we serve self, demanding that we benefit from our choices. We serve self by working for employers for the benefit of payment or prestige. We serve self by using those with whom we have a relationship to gratify our need for value or pleasure. We serve self by choosing our desires over the wishes of others. We are by nature servants, but with selfish motives.

But when Christ humbled Himself and became the Servant of all he went so far as to sacrifice His life in obedience to the Father He served. By faith in His sacrifice we have been gifted the same Spirit of servanthood so that we may no longer be motivated by self but by the Gospel.

As Paul says in Ephesians 3:7, “I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.”

Every decision we make in life can and should be motivated by our love for Jesus. We have become servants of the Gospel.

But we are weak, and we fail. We fall back into the desires of the flesh, which brings us to our final power principle.

10.  The power of God is at work in us so that we might bring glory to God even when we are weak.

The Apostle Paul recognized His weakness and was transparent about it with Christ. He tells us how God responded to his confession in 2 Corinthians 12:9. “But God said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”

When we cover up our weaknesses with self-generated power, we become even weaker, expending all our energy of self-preservation. But when we admit our weakness to God we are promised His power, not because we demand it or deserve it, but because He is gracious and gives it freely so that He receives the glory.  The more we try to glorify ourselves the more frustrated we will become with the lack of success. But when we embrace the power of God to displace our weakness so that He is glorified, we become strong.

There you have it. Ten ways the power of God is at work in you. Each one is significant. Maybe you should print out these last five devotionals and remind yourself consistently that just like Stephan, you too can be full of power. God’s power.

Pastor John