0027. Christ–The Propelling Power of My Life

Christ–The Propelling Power of My Life

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in Heaven and in earth" (Mat_28:18).

Back of every deed of ours; back of every service rendered; back of every prayer uttered; back of every gift that is given, there lies the propelling power of a risen Christ. Jesus Christ does not only produce our lives but He gets in behind us and gives us power to serve Him and to fulfil His will.

For instance: Christ says unto us, "This is the will of God, even your sanctification". Then, when in our utter weakness, we stagger at the thought of living the sanctified life, He encourages us with, "Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it".

Again, Jesus Christ bids us to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling; and when we despairingly begin to stagger at everything that a truly saved life should work out, every fruitage of salvation that should be born, we would give up the task if it were not for that other word, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure".

Blessed be God! We are not left alone. Christ is the propelling power of the believer’s life.

We might, in our rashness, think that we could serve apart from Him; but how quickly would He rebuke us for our folly, and remind us of His words: "Without Me ye can do nothing".

We might, on the other hand, think that, since we are so weak, we had better give up and not attempt any service for our God. How quickly, again, would He rebuke us, and encourage us with the recorded words of Paul: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me". It behooves every believer to run his race, looking unto Jesus.

The street car cannot run if the trolley has slipped the wire. The train cannot run if disconnected from the engine. The believer must get power from God. If he breaks connection, he will stumble and fail. How blessed then are the words of our key verse: "All authority," or, "All power is given unto Me in Heaven and in earth. Go * * and, lo, I am with you".

Backed with the propelling power of a risen and all-victorious Christ, we have nothing to fear. He will lead us in the train of His triumph.

Illustration: When I was but a lad of nineteen, Dr. John B. Turpin asked me to conduct an evangelistic campaign at the First Baptist Church of Charlottesville, Va.

After two weeks, preaching twice a day, I had used up my twenty-eight sermons–all my stock. Then it was that I learned that God could give power and supply me with words.

For three more weeks the meetings continued and more than one hundred were baptized.

Thank God, we have a living, all-powerful Christ behind us. He will give grace and glory. He will inspire us to renewed service. He will back us up with His encouraging Word.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR