When something is sustainable it is a resource that never depletes and never runs out. Power is defined as the ability to act or produce an effect. If these two words are combined it would be something like

a never-ending resource that has a produced effect.

That’s how I feel about the power of God.

Recently I had a conversation with God. I admitted I have tried to accomplish things, but the results are failure. Whatever resources I use are not working, and I was tired of achieving these types of results which take me nowhere. So, I asked for His power, for His resources. I asked whatever He has to instill in me, replacing my power with His.

His response was immediate. I started noticing that when a thought entered my mind to do something, the power of doing it evaporated. For example, the goal was going to the store. I stay close to the list I made, not buying stuff I don’t need. I did not go to the store that sells my favorite candy, something I know I don’t need. The desire for it was not as strong as it once was. I went home as a wind of confidence swept across my face like a warm breeze. At the same time, I knew the reason for saying no to myself (a prayer I asked God to help me with) was a triumph that had the potential of continuing. But I also knew I needed to keep the continuance going by engaging in the persistent consistency of tapping into the power that I asked for that was not of my creation. This power was different. It was not fake. It was a sustainable influence that gave me control over myself.

So here are the results. I asked to start this week of changing eating habits, exercising with rest days, getting my school assignments completed early, not waiting until the last minute to get them done. The sustainability has been working as I exercised this week. I kept a mental tally of what day I was in regarding this new strategy whose underbelly was not mine but the power of God. Today is Day 7. I have noticed I am sleeping better; food is not constantly on my mind; I have not been to a restaurant in seven days and frankly the plan to go is not on my agenda.

I am feeling more confident that in the next four months I will feel better, have lost weight, and it will be all because of the tapping into the sustainable power of God. I am learning that a) His power is available, b) His power provides strength through my weakness and achieves what I could not do on my own and c) His power provides renewal through transformation in the power of the Holy Spirit. It is the daily manifestation of the divine intervention I needed. If I can receive it, so can you. Just ask Him; He will provide.

One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God, and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;

and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.” Psalm 62:11,12

Be strengthenized with sustainable power.