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To try to give you an idea of the power (energy) of God. God has been described in the Bible as having various forms of energy:
Heat – “So He poured out on him (Jacob) the heat of His anger and the fierceness of battle; and it set him aflame all around.” (Isaiah 42:25)
Electrical – “Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder.” (Revelation 4:5)
Sound – “The glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.” (Ezekiel 43:2)
Light – “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” (I John 1:5) “They shall not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall illumine them.” (Revelation 22:5)
Nuclear – “In Him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17) Through His energy, He spoke and worlds were created from nothing. By His Word, the entire universe could be dissolved. (2 Peter 3:10)
Before someone accuses me of teaching that God is a Star Wars-type of force, let me point out that He is more than a force. He is a Person of incredible power who came in the form of Jesus to “be the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature.”(Hebrews 1:2) No scientific explanation is adequate for God – after all, what kind of God would He be if He could be fully understood by finite humans?
The next time you pray and wonder if God has any ability to answer your prayers, remember His great power. As the Creator of energy, He has it all at His disposal. Combined with His love and His wisdom — which motivate all of His works — there is nothing He can’t do!
Heat – “So He poured out on him (Jacob) the heat of His anger and the fierceness of battle; and it set him aflame all around.” (Isaiah 42:25)
Electrical – “Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder.” (Revelation 4:5)
Sound – “The glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.” (Ezekiel 43:2)
Light – “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” (I John 1:5) “They shall not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall illumine them.” (Revelation 22:5)
Nuclear – “In Him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17) Through His energy, He spoke and worlds were created from nothing. By His Word, the entire universe could be dissolved. (2 Peter 3:10)
Before someone accuses me of teaching that God is a Star Wars-type of force, let me point out that He is more than a force. He is a Person of incredible power who came in the form of Jesus to “be the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature.”(Hebrews 1:2) No scientific explanation is adequate for God – after all, what kind of God would He be if He could be fully understood by finite humans?
The next time you pray and wonder if God has any ability to answer your prayers, remember His great power. As the Creator of energy, He has it all at His disposal. Combined with His love and His wisdom — which motivate all of His works — there is nothing He can’t do!