Just as the sun rises so does God's power rise up when you need it...Today's scripture:
Be strong in the Lord and in his great power.
Ephesians 6:10
In 1980 Midway Games manufactured an arcade game that people my age will remember called Pac-Man. It was an instant smash, and by 1982, Midway had turned out 300,000 Pac-Man games. The concept was simple - a little yellow ball with mouth called Pac-Man ran around the board eating dots and avoiding monsters. The only time the monsters couldn't kill Pac-Man was when Pac-Man ate one of the four power pills, or energizers, on the board. When Pac-Man ate one of those, he was invincible and could eat the monsters. What a rush to try to get to one of the power pills before the monsters could get your frantic Pac-Man. Getting to the power pills at the right time was key and if successful you could put a hurting and take out all the monsters just when you were at the brink of death. Timing was everything.
Not to trivialize Scripture or the human experience, but in a base sense, people are kind of like that little Pac-Man. You might be zooming around your world just taking care of all the dots of life you need to take care of. Then all of a sudden, you face a situation in which you're completely at the mercy of something barreling down on you. Like Pac-Man, you are incapable of dealing with the situation in your own power.
You may want not have the power pill to crunch on and make you invincible, but you have something much better. You have God's power waiting at your disposal. All you have to do is to call upon him, to lean on him, to depend on His abilities. As we shared in our sermon yesterday at Selah we all need to face Him when we are on the mountaintop or when we are in the valley of despair. Then you'll be stronger than the most powerful adversaries you may encounter having powered up with God's power.
Selah people' and friends the next time you need a power boost, turn to God. He'll build strength into your life that you never imagined you could possess.
"Join me today in allowing God to rise up and give you the power to tackle the monsters of your life."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston ~ Via mobile: Frema Motors VW- Goldsboro, NC
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