TRUST IN GOD'S POWER=NOT YOUR OWN

TRUST IN GOD'S POWER=
NOT YOUR OWN




We NEED to learn
Through the course of our journey
Through life


To TRUST in God's POWER
NOT our own


For it is his power
That will make a success
Out of our life
LONG after we leave this world


“He summoned the twelve
And gave them power........” Luke 9:1


I wonder what the twelve
Must have felt
WHEN Jesus summoned them-and-


“SENT them to
Proclaim the KINGDOM OF GOD-
And to HEAL the sick” Luke 9:2


Kind of like
That first day on the job
WHEN your boss
First leaves you on your own


But this was NOT
Just any job
Their job
Was a job to CHANGE THE WORLD


WERE they suddenly
Feeling inadequate or fearful
The way we sometimes feel
On that first day on the job


Did they question
WHETHER they were fully prepared
For the journey ahead


However-I think-while they felt
Some of these things
They TRUSTED in GOD'S POWER=
Jesus' power=NOT their own


“But you will RECEIVE POWER
When the HOLY SPIRIT
Comes on you


And you will be my witnesses
In Jerusalem
And in all Judea and Samaria
And to the ENDS OF THE EARTH” Acts 1:8


And in Luke 9:6-it says-


“So they set out
And went from village to village


PROCLAIMING the GOOD NEWS
And HEALING people everywhere” Luke 9:6


And they performed
Miracle after miracle
As we read in ACTS
By TRUSTING IN THE POWER
OF GOD
And in JESUS' POWER


God's power-Jesus' power
GIVES us the ability too-
To TRANSFORM our own lives
And make a difference
In the lives of others-as well


BY proclaiming and TRUSTING
In the good news of the Lord


“Those who know your name
TRUST in you


For you-Lord-
Have never forsaken those
Who seek you” Luke 9:6


“Paul and Barnabas appointed elders
For them in each church


And with PRAYER and fasting
Committed them to the Lord
In whom
They had put their trust” Acts 14:23


WHEN I first embarked
On this journey through life


To FIND GOD within myself
And some TRACE of God
In all other people-
I FELT INADEQUATE


But over the years
I have seen GOD'S POWER
Within me-and in others-
Through the HOLY SPIRIT


And I came to REALIZE
I am not out there
All alone


As I am sure the apostles
Of yesteryear did


We ALL just need to
TRUST IN THE POWER OF GOD


Robert P. Wallman
9-22-15




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S. M.




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