Faith Words: Power
On a trip to Dallas last month, we visited with a friend who has been a church planter for many years. He's involved in other ministries, too, and his love of the Lord takes him to India from time to time. These trips have opened his eyes to many things over the years but one of the most significant lessons he's learned lately is how to gain power. Power is something people have craved since the beginning. We want something, so we try to find the power to get it. Some people take by force. Some control by coercion or gentle persuasion. Some wheedle and whine to achieve their goals. Somewhere along the way, we began to equate money with power. We've allowed satan to lead us to believe that we can achieve almost anything we want if we have enough money. In Gone With the Wind , Rhett Butler told Scarlett that generally money can buy happiness or at least some pretty close substitutes. We've let this mixed up thinking guide us even in the church in America.