ONE OF MY PET PEEVES

I have a lot of pet peeves. You'll be hearing about a number of them from time to time.

But for today, my pet peeve is those people who put a period where it doesn't belong. I was taught in school that a period was placed at the end of a sentence. And when I taught school some years later, I taught the same thing: a period ends a sentence. What's so difficult about that?

But I think of Ephesians 3:20, my favorite Bible verse. "Now unto him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us."

Too many people put a period after the word "think" and ignore the rest of the verse which is really the condition for the fulfillment of the first part. The phrase "above all that we ask or think" blows my mind. When my imagination runs wild, I can come up with some mighty humongous things to ask the Lord for. So, based on this verse, can I ask for them in faith, knowing they'll come to pass?

First of all, it goes without saying that my petition must be in accordance with the Word of God and His will. But we limit God when we put a period after the word "think". For God can only do "exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKETH IN US."

What, I ask, is the power that worketh in you? What is the power that worketh in me?

It's the Spirit of Christ. Romans 8:9 very plainly says that "if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." And this Spirit of Christ is so powerful it exceeds my imagination. For verse 11, same chapter, says, "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by HIS SPIRIT THAT DWELLETH IN YOU." (Caps mine.)

Wow! The same Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in me! That blows my mind! To think that I have such a powerful Spirit living in me is difficult to comprehend.

Now I have to ask myself, What am I doing with all that power? Am I using it to help and bless fellow believers? Am I using it to draw unbelievers into the Kingdom of God? Am I using it for the glory of God?

Drawing from this Scripture in Romans, I can now put the period where it rightly belongs in Philippians 3:20. Thus I can see the Lord working "exceedingly abundantly. . . according to the power that worketh in me."

Preacher's Kid