Call Out

It is a new day today.
A day that we can confidently walk in the power of God, knowing that no matter what we face, God is with us and will not fail us.

God has said: "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.What can man do to me?" (Hebrews 13: 5b, 6, NIV) 

Do we understand what it means to live in the power of God?
The book of Exodus delineates what the power looks like. The people had been consumed with the power of their oppressor. Time after time they saw God's power without realizing that the power had always been present. They had a choice to deal with the power of oppression on their own or to call out to God for help.

Divine power was accessed when they called out to God:

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. (Exodus 2: 23-25, TNIV). 

 God listened and answered by releasing them from slavery. Even so, they continued to be afraid of their oppressor's power. When God opened the Red Sea, the eyes of their spirit opened up and they realized that as powerful as their oppressor had been, there is nothing in comparison to the power of God:

"Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy. (Exodus 15:6, NIV) 

How do we access God's power? 
Call out to God. As we call out to God, we open ourselves up to the power of God. Centuries and centuries ago, Paul wrote a prayer in a letter to the early church that continues to impact Christ followers today:

I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. (Ephesians 1: 18-23, NIV) 

Do not be afraid.
God is your helper.
He will make a way through the Red Seas of your life
with incomparable great power
through Christ
who has all authority and dominion
not only today but tomorrow.

Call out to God. 

Learning to KickStart the day through calling out to God,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie L. Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)