Daily Archives: January 12, 2012

 

 

Why seeking power never wins;  Seeking to control always ends badly.  Jesus told us over and over that seeking power and control ends in the loss of everything.  Someday the greatest powers the world has ever known will fall down on their knees before a King that never sought power!  Why is wanting power a loosing proposition?  Those that seek power for the sake of power need power to fill the hole left in their spirits from a lack of self worth.  We try to find ways to assure ourselves that we are worthy.  There is one big problem, we’re not worthy…  We have all fallen short of God’s glorious plan for our lives, and instead of accepting the only worth that matters, His love and approval, we seek to find it in some other way.  We often hurt others in our grasping attempt to gain a hold on authority over others.  Jesus set an example that was the opposite of this.  He, who was God’s Son, the King of Kings, came to be a servant and to offer all He had to others.  He never asked to be recognized, or placed in a position of high authority, He already was the most powerful force in the Universe, yet He never sought to be recognized and worshipped for His power, but for His Great Love.

 

Why do we look for what we need in all the wrong places?  Because we lack the understanding of even a little child.  We lack the faith in our Heavenly Father to trust in Him.

 

We seek instead to prove our worth, only showing our foolishness.  There is an answer though, surrender to the only real power worth kneeling down before, our Saviour Jesus Christ.

 

Forgive us father for we know not what we do…..

 

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