Today we begin sharing on the tenth and final unshakeable truth of of the Prayer Covenant which is Authority.
What Is God’s Authority?
What does the word “authority” conjure up in your mind when you think of God?
• How He spoke the world into existence (Genesis 1; Isaiah 40:28)
• His omniscience (Psalm 139:1-4; Isaiah 46:9,10; Matthew 10:30)
• His omnipresence (Psalm 114:7; Matthew 18:20; Colossians 1:17)
• His omnipotence (Luke 1:37; Matthew 19:26)
What about His authority over:
• Death (John 11:24-25; 38-44; Acts 26:8; Revelation 1:18)
• Disease (Matthew 4:23; Luke 8:43-48; Luke 17:11-19)
• Satan (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 10:19)
We’ll be sharing the story from a dear sister in Christ. It is a magnificent declaration and summation of who God is—His authority, His power and His majesty.
Whenever I hear the word “authority,” I bristle. In full disclosure, I have struggled with the notion of authority to some degree in every single season of my walk with Him. I have always been headstrong, opinionated, passionate, bold, fond of adventure, meeting new people and learning absolutely everything I can. I like to be in control of myself—and sometimes others—if I am not mindful.
Growing up, I knew Jesus and was blessed to attend a church where reading, studying and meditating on the Word was encouraged, even for children. I had a Ryrie Study Bible by the time I was ten years old. I read all about the God who came down on a mountain covered in fire to meet with Moses and to make a forever covenant with His chosen people. I read of prophets whose lives truly were not their own as they were called to be living testimonies and signposts of the Holy God they served. Their lives were uprooted as they found themselves naked, hated, imprisoned, married to adulterers, and living in deserts, caves and the houses of widows. I saw how Jesus fulfilled everything in the Old Testament and literally carried it into the New Testament by the very words of His mouth. Jesus truly is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by the word of His power.
I fell in love with this God, and at a very deep level knew that to follow Him truly, completely and absolutely, meant absolute abandonment to Him. He is terrifying in His holiness, beautiful in His splendor and awesome in His power. His authority is absolute, paramount and unrivaled. Yet when He called me in His authority, I bristled. Not in the normal, eye-rolling way, but in the sheer terror of the majesty and the absolute power of the One who called me. Did I truly believe that He is who He says He is? Do I really believe I am who He says I am?
