If you are not brilliant is there any hope of making a difference in this world? If you have little talent or energy, perhaps you are late in years, is there any dream of positive and memorable impact for your town, city, state or country? If you have no family or are impoverished and have little means do you doubt your value in changing things for the better? Of course, when I look upon my own deficient position, talents, treasure and imagination, I too am faced with the reality of potential impotence for good. All these things have one common theme that allows them to control our minds and hearts, they rely upon our ability and not upon God’s.

When I was saved, I was transformed. When I was washed clean, I was forgiven and made new. When I was sealed by God’s Holy Spirit, I was renewed, transformed and filled with all the Power that created the universe. When I was called Son by the Father I was adopted into the Family of God, joint heir with Christ Jesus. When I was set right with God, I was made whole, in right standing covered by the righteousness of Jesus Himself. When I was filled with the Holy Spirit, I was sealed for eternity, allowed and empowered to be called a Son of God and given unending power to stand in courage upon the Gospel Promises of God. I am a new creature, made to bring honor and glory to God through my stand in this life.

Now, that my doubt has diminished and my faith made strong through the repeated trials and God’s Faithful support. I no longer look upon my inadequacy as a negative criteria in success, but a marvelous, pregnant moment for people to see God’s Power used through me. Not to my elevation or increase but as a vessel of God’s Love, Grace and righteous authority to change hearts and reflect His Omniscience and Omnipresence to a world that has been left to believe that it all depends upon them. They have been trained to believe that they are alone and must accumulate money, power and self-importance socially or be forever pronounced and labeled in that false impotence of mankind’s thinking. The lie lost its strength and power to control us when we first found grace.

Now I glory in what the King has done and the greater things that He will do through me and My Brothers/Sisters in Christ Jesus. Now I confidently climb the treacherous roads before me and walk with faith and courage through the valley of the shadow of death and evil. Not to find my name written or proclaimed by Men having deemed me potent, but being a recognized servant of the King of Kings. My treasures are in heaven stored up waiting upon me and there is not doubt of the outcome whether I die in struggle or live out a peaceful, useful and humble life. For I am a child of the King and none of the labels properly associated with the man I once was now apply. I will do miracles or more correctly He will do those miracles through this man, His ambassador, pylon, vessel in this world. My navigator is God, My love is God, My Power the Spirit and My King, King Jesus, the Lord of Lords. His reign is forever and began before time itself.

May this life bring Him all the glory He deserves and may people see a powerless man do miracles that may only be seen as the origins of God. In Jesus Holy name.