|
Power: The faculty of doing or performing anything; the faculty of moving or of producing a change in something; ability or strength.
Hebrew: strength[58], power[47], might[7], force[3], ability[2], able[2], able+H6113 [1], chameleon[1], fruits[1], powerful[1], substance[1], wealth[1], or (Dan. 11:6) kowach, ko'-akh; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literal (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figurative (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard :- ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power (-ful), strength, substance, wealth. Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary. The above definition of kōaḥ
fits well in the description of Daniel and his friends: "Children in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability [kōaḥ
] in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans" (Dan. 1:4). The "ability" is here not physical but mental. They were talented in having the intellectual acumen of learning the skills of the Babylonians and thus training for being counselors to the king. The internal fortitude was best demonstrated by the difficulties and frustrations of life. "If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small" (Prov. 24:10). Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words.
The mind has amazing power and so much is discussed about this all-inspiring idea. The Harvard’s and Yales, the governments and school systems, the factories and yes even the homes we grew up in, emphasize the idea of mental power. But according to the Word of God, all the powers that God has invested in man will always come up short of the ideas that God has for His people. Man’s mind cannot muster up enough brain power to handle the precious and magnificent promises that only God can fulfil. 2 Peter 1:4 (NASB) For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Our brain is like a drop of water in the Atlantic Ocean. It has zero significance in changing the ocean and a drop is what we bring to the table.
When I contemplate the creation and God’s ability to make something out of nothing, I pause and wonder how in the world God even placed man in the middle of this whole thing. Then I realize that God has created us in His image and the wonderment continues. The only way one can grasp ahold of this truth is to walk in the realm of faith that only God can provide and then and only then can he contemplate and revelated the idea. This is the responsibility of the church as God has spoken to us the importance of reading the Word and allowing the Holy Spirit to speak to us for the revelation of it all. Romans 10:17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
| 
