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The Power is within you.

You may not believe that.

But, it’s there.

Now, for those of my readers who are of the
Christian persuasion, this probably leans
more towards your understanding.

But, I’m hoping the rest of you will grasp
it.

In John 4:24, it states that “God is a
spirit.”

Now, unlike Patrick Swayze’s character in
“Ghost”, spirits cannot generally make
themselves harder so that they can interact
with items, like when Swayze’s character
kicked the can on the subway train (or kicked
the bad guy’s can, later in the movie).

But, you’ve seen movies where spirits inhabit
other people to “make” them do things that
they generally can’t. (like all the “Chucky”
movies, where Chucky inhabited a doll, or
like the evil spirit that inhabited people in
the Denzel Washington TV movie, “The
Fallen.”)

So, did God put his spirit IN us?

The answer is simply this: YES.

Now, those of you who aren’t of the Christian
persuasion may understand it as the “power of
the universe.”

But, in Genesis, when God said, “Let US make
man in our own image,” (the US is what some
call the “Godhead” or the trinity of “Jesus,
God, and the Holy Spirit”), and if God is a
Spirit, then what “image” is being referred
to?

The answer has to be “not the physical,” but
rather “the spiritual.”

So, God’s spirit is within us. We have the
power of God within us.

But, to activate that power, you have to LIVE
in alignment with the LAWS that God set up in
the Universe.

Well, what are some of these LAWS?

Let’s examine that.

Number 1: Finding the abilities and skills
that are within you that will benefit others.

God doesn’t have hands and feet to use that
will help others.

So, what does he use?

He uses your hands and feets, and arms, and
legs, and mouth, and, and–

You get the point, don’t you?

We were put here to HELP one another.

But, God gave us the FREE WILL to decide
whether or not we will use those powers HE
gave us through his spirit to benefit others,
or whether we will waste them on our own
lusts.

#2: Don’t judge others.

In the Bible, judgment has been deferred
until the end of this race’s time.

What I mean by race is best left for another
discussion. But, the main point is we are
not to judge others. Because, as is stated
in Matthew 7:1, as we judge others, so we
will be judged.

If people choose to not learn these truths,
it is NOT our (or your) job to CRAM IT DOWN
THEIR THROAT.

All we can do is point the way to the truth
of the power inside us, and let them choose
to use their own skills and abilities to
benefit mankind or waste it on lusts of
themselves.

When we do what is right, the laws of the
universe that were set up by God will benefit
us.

Maybe not on our time schedule, but they will
benefit us, even when we think they won’t.

There’s a lot more to address on this topic,
which eventually I’ll get around to, but as
you well know, I sometimes don’t do things in
the most direct path.

But, I do, eventually, do them!

How about a riddle?

According to the Bible, who set’s on the left hand side of Jesus in heaven?

If I remember, I’ll give you the answer in the next blog!

Make it a great week!

Brother Paul