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God Is Almighty The Bible uses the word "almighty" fifty-seven times, and only of God, for only God is all-mighty.

Only God has all might, all power, is omnipotent. There is no power outside of God's power. And that power that is His is without measure of quality or quantity.

As God is infinite in all His other facets, so He is in power.





Combine the power of all the atoms in God's universe in their various forms of nuclear release, and God's power is still greater by an immeasurable multiplication. The awesome energy of ten million times ten million suns would not light a birthday candle compared to God's power. His power is infinite, without end, without measure. There is no power like His. No power that can withstand Him. No power that can oppose Him. He is supreme, LORD God of all!

And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns." (Revelation 19:6)

Whatever the LORD God wants to do, He can do. He speaks universes into existence, and can speak them out of existence. Those who swagger before Him as His enemy, fall by the whisper of His breath. Lighting splits heaven and earth at His approach; mountains thunder and smoke at His presence; prophets and priests prostrate themselves in fear at the sight of the omnipotent God of the universe! In His hand, all that He has created and all His creatures are but dust. "Tremble, O' Earth, for thy LORD God cometh to thee on clouds of fire."

In days long past, men and women spoke of our God in whispered awe and reverential tones, lest lighting flash from heaven and consume their impertinence. They might not even be followers of Christ, but they were fearers of God. Mary, Queen of Scots, feared the prayers of John Knox because she feared his God. And though he often preached against her and she had the power to behead him, she would not because she was afraid that he would pray to God against her before he died. Better to face his public scorn than to face his omnipotent God.

Those who rebel against God, believe in their ignorance that they have succeeded in their foolishness because God has chosen not to respond to their rebellion in this age. They believe God is too weak and impotent to affect them. They scorn His name and mock those who believe in Him and His Christ. "Perhaps your God is dead," they laugh, and speak of themselves as God-in-themselves. "I am God," they brag, and expound on their incarnation into Godhood and scorn belief in a living, personal, God—Creator and sovereign LORD of all. But the inspired Apostle wrote,

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. (Galatians 6:&)

For it is written:
"As I live," says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God."
So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. (Romans 14:11-12)

Ten seconds after our last heart beat, each of us will stand in the presence of that God who contains all power within Himself—that omnipotent God who answers to no one and to whom everyone answers. In days long past, priest and prophet, saint and sinner, fell before the manifestation of the power and glory of God; whether it was a burning bush at the mountain of God, a thundering Sinai smoking with fire, a blinding light on a dusty Damascus road, or a glorious theophany on an isolated rock-bound shore of a lonely island.

Of his vision of the glorified Christ on the Island of Patmos, the beloved Apostle John whom the Lord Jesus loved, testified, "And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last'" (Revelations 1:17). About this awesome Jesus-made-Christ (Acts 2:36), Paul wrote, "We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ" (Romans 14:10). Those who know not Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior in this life, will know Him as Judge in the next.

"And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. Bur rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell [Greek: Gehenna]." (Matthew 10:28)

The Lord once said to the Sadducees, who believed neither in the resurrection nor in angels, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God" (Matthew 22:29). It is the power of our omnipotent God that will raise us from the dead and change us into the image of His beloved Son. We will look like Him and be like Him, eternal mirrors of the Son of God. And in His image we will stand forever as testimony and witness to the exceeding riches of God's grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.



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El Shaddai

The Lord God Almighty

“I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless." Genesis 17:1

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1

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“Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?" Job 11:7

Job tried, and his enduring faith puts many a modern Christian (including me) to shame. The Lord Almighty, who had called him "a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil,” [Job 1:8] had suddenly removed His protective "hedge" around his servant and allowed Satan to strike. Now, prompted by incomprehensible suffering and three challenging friends, Job sought answers to some hard questions.

But Job's finite wisdom was no match for God's infinite design. So the Almighty One spoke and gave His servant a new perspective of divine sovereignty.

“Where were you," He asked, "when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! ... To what were its foundations fastened?" Job 38:4-6

The mighty Creator of the universe continued speaking. He pointed to His sovereign hand behind light, behind the ocean tides, behind the evaporating waters that rise as clouds over the seas before watering the land, and behind the wind currents that warm and cool the planet according to His divine providence:

"Who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth...
When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves must stop!’...

Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.
Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
By what way is light diffused,

Or the east wind scattered over the earth?...



Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you set their dominion over the earth?
Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?" Job 38:8-34

When God finally finished, his humbled servant had learned a vital lesson. Having glimpsed the mysteries of God's majestic ways, he saw his own limitations. "I have uttered what I did not understand," answered Job. "Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know."

Today, about four thousand years later, mysteries and mistakes still abound. Our pride and imagination still feed foolish claims and philosophies that mock the Almighty. Even churches reject the truths revealed to Job -- that God created the universe, hung the planets in space, positioned the stars in their galaxies, and breathed life into man.

Nothing is too difficult for Him! For with a word He stills storms, frees captives, comforts the needy, brings order in chaos and light out of darkness. With a touch of His hand He can heal the sick, restore the broken and bring sight to the blind. "Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in the earth, in the seas and in all deep places." Psalm 135:6

He promised His followers, "you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses...." Acts 1:8

Unlike today's profusion of spiritual counterfeits, God's will and power can't be manipulated. His plan, written in eternity past and accomplished in His intended time, was designed by His heart of wisdom, love and justice. Even our foolish attempts to sidestep His order become part of His blueprint for ultimate victory. For nothing happens apart from His perfect or permissive will. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked....” Galatians 6:7

Daily He reminds me of "the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe." [Ephesians 1:19] Yet, still earth-bound and finite, I cannot now fathom the glorious might and majesty hidden in those words. He who is "beautiful beyond description," is indeed "too marvelous for words." But in my weakness, I can delight all the more in the promise of a heavenly banquet where I shall see Him face to face. Until then, I will sing His songs and join the joyful chorus that praises His name and awaits His coming.

I stand, I stand in awe of you.
Holy God, to whom all praise is due.
I stand in awe of you.[1]

In His ultimate plan, it doesn't matter that I am small and weak, for His "power is perfected in weakness." [2 Corinthians 12:9] But I can't forget that the all-sufficient power He offers His followers is not primarily intended for great feats or miracles. His power is first for living a life of worship, surrender, obedience and daily victory over every sin and evil.

Jesus spent most of His days on earth in quiet obedience to His Father, showing few signs of His infinite heavenly resources. Then one day He had a wonderful opportunity to bring a four-fold blessing with one simple miracle: He could provide needed wine at a wedding, save His host embarrassment, reveal His identity as the Son of God, and demonstrate the mighty Power of God.

Yet, Jesus hesitated. Until the Father initiated, the Son would do nothing. His initial response was simply and humbly, "My time has not yet come." (How quickly I might do something "good" without waiting to seek the perfect will and timing of my Lord!)

But with the Father's nod, Jesus acted; and nothing could hinder the mighty flow of heavenly power from accomplishing the full purpose of Almighty God for that moment.

 "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given to Him and it shall be repaid to him?
"For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to Whom be glory forever. Amen." Romans 11:32-36

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Almighty Sovereign God, my strength and my Life, train me to walk with you as an ambassador and servant of your heavenly kingdom. Build in me a sober fear of the terrifying consequences of presumptuous rebellion against your sovereign reign. And enable me to "work out" my salvation "with fear and trembling," ready to obey whatever you ask, confident that you are faithful as well as mighty -- well able to perform all you have promised.

“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty!" Revelation 11:17

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References: Isaiah 40, 43 and 44; Isaiah 45:5-12; Jeremiah 9:23-24, 10: 10-12,

27:5, 32:17-19, 27; Luke 9:1-2; John 1:12, 2:1-11, 5:19; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:13-14, 15:13;

2 Corinthians 4:7, 12:9-10; Ephesians 1:18-19, 3:16-21; Colossians 1:9-12, 29;

1 Timothy 1:9; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 4:8-11; 11:17-18.


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