the manifestation of god's great and exceeding great power
One of the attributes of God is greatness. True and genuine greatness lies with God. Nothing is truly great unless it is rooted in God. Everything written about God is greatness. God is therefore the source of anyone / anything called great.
1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness......
God is the source of true and genuine greatness. All true greatness are sourced in God.
1 Chronicles 29:12 ..... in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great......
Power for greatness and to confer greatness comes from God. It is therefore the manifestation of God's power that is behind anyone or anything great. Greatness in motion is God's power in action. Wherever and whenever greatness is in display, God's power is in manifestation. Behind every great word of God is God's power. When great works are being showed forth, great power is being displayed.
Further more, two major things describe God's power in the Bible : God's great power and the exceeding greatness of God's power.
This brings us to the conclusion that God is great, His power is great and exceedingly great.
(1) God's great power.
Psalms 147:5
GREAT IS OUR LORD, AND OF GREAT POWER : his understanding is infinite.
God is great and great in power. Whenever God's great power goes to work, great works are produced. All great works are rooted in God's great power.
Psalms 111:2
THE WORKS OF THE LORD ARE GREAT, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
All great works are fashioned by great power.
God's power is great in manifestation or is greatly manifested.
(2) The exceeding greatness of God's power.
God's power is not only great in manifestation but also exceedingly great in manifestation. This is God's power at its peak. The exceeding greatness of God's power is the zenith of God's power or God's power at the most superior cadre. It is the power that can veto any opposing power. It is not subject to any other power.
Ephesians 1:19
And what is the EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
This is power that surpasses, transcends, excels,and is beyond any known power. It is the most superior power.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF God's GREAT AND EXCEEDING GREAT POWER.
Whenever God's great and exceeding great power are in manifestations, significant things occur. Power is the capacity to effect change. Nothing change until the power component is involved. These are few of the significant things that occur when God's great and exceeding great power come to play.
(1) It is the power to be great, be very great and exceedingly great.
1 Chronicles 29:12
.... and in thine hand it is to make great....
(a) ABRAHAM was great.
God's great power is the power to be greatly blessed.
Genesis 24:34-35
And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
[35]And the LORD hath BLESSED MY MASTER GREATLY ; and he is become great....
(b) Isaac became very great.
Genesis 26:12-13
[12]Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
[13]And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until HE BECAME VERY GREAT :
(c) Jehoshaphat was made exceeding great.
2 Chronicles 17:12
And JEHOSHAPHAT WAXED GREAT EXCEEDINGLY ; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
(2) It is the power to be above only.
Deuteronomy 28:13
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and THOU SHALT BE ABOVE ONLY, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
Psalms 18:43,47
[43]Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and THOU HAST MADE ME THE HEAD of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
[47]It is God that avergeth me, and SUBDUETH THE PEOPLE UNDER ME .
(3) God's great and exceeding great power proves the enemy a liar unto us.
It brings the enemy unto submission.
Deuteronomy 33:29
[29]Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and THINE ENEMIES SHALL BE FOUND LIARS UNTO THEE ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Psalms 66:3
[3]Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! THROUGH THE GREATNESS OF THY POWER SHALL THINE ENEMIES SUBMIT themselves unto thee.
(4) God's great and exceeding great power is the power that swallows every other power.
Exodus 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but AARON'S ROD SWALLOWED UP THEIR RODS .
Exodus 8:18-19
[18]And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, BUT THEY COULD NOT : so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. [19]Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD : and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Exodus 15:12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
(5) It is victorious power over all situations and circumstances.
Psalms 98:1-2
[1](A Psalm.) O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: HIS RIGHT HAND , AND HIS HOLY ARM , HATH GOTTEN HIM THE VICTORY. [2]The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
(6) It is the power that brings dead people, things, animals and places back to life. It is a life-giving power.
Romans 8:11
[11]But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also QUICKEN YOUR MORTAL BODIES BY HIS SPIRIT that dwelleth in you.
1 Corinthians 6:14
[14]And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also RAISE UP US BY HIS OWN POWER .
(7) God's great and exceeding great power is a record-breaking power. It can go beyond any known/set records or limits.
Ephesians 3:20
[20]Now unto him that is able TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Psalms 105:24
[24]And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
In conclusion, no matter how strong the enemy may be, God's power is stronger and superior to his. God is more than enough to liberate us from the powers that are stronger than us.
Jeremiah 31:11
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
God's great and exceeding great power supercedes and and is above all the powers of the enemy put together. We are on the ever winning edge with God on our sides. May we keep experiencing the greatness and the exceeding greatness of God's power from this moment onwards, in the name of Jesus Christ.
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GLORIOUS CONFESSION :
God is on my side and I will not be afraid. The power of God is great and exceeding great towards me; therefore, I see the works of God and the enemy submit themselves unto me. All things are subject to me and are brought under the soles of my feet by God's great and exceeding great power. I am above only and never beneath, in the name of Jesus Christ.
