Empower: give (someone) authority or power to do something (dictionary.cambridge.org)
In a devotion I was reading, I came across a quote by Dr. Henry M. Morris about why Christ died for us.. As a Christian, trying daily to live in humble, obedient submission to God and His word, I found this quote to be encouraging. “Christ did not merely die to save our souls but to empower us to live in a way that would glorify God right here on earth.”
I recently had a friend flying home. As she was walking through the airport to her connecting flight, she had an anxiety attack. Out of the blue. Heart pounding, hands shaking anxiety. She was not sure she had the strength to move towards the gate so what did she do? She called upon God to empower her. She prayed and recited bible verses to bring her comfort and strength to make it to her gate. As a new believer who has been regularly attending church, Sunday school and a bible study class, she said,”I don’t have many verses memorized yet but the two I had, I just kept repeating.”
As we move through our day, let us greet our responsibilities as God given opportunities to “empower us to live in a way that would glorify God…”