"The Power of God"

PSALMS 97
"The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof." (Verse One)
To make a better point, as if that was even possible, God continues to amaze us by the power of His Holy Spirit. This is no small ordeal, because the more we yield to the Spirit, the more empowered we are to the working of His power in our lives. It could be looked upon as the effect of an electrical outlet; the more we plug into the outlet, the more charged up we become; the more charged up we become, the more pure we become. We could also look at it as a light switch, but that does not do it as much justice; it's really too easy to flip off and on a switch, while plugging into a outlet requires that you find the plug and connect it to a outlet. In other words, there is an effort involved on our part to get this done! We are not talking about works, we are talking about doing all that it takes to make ourselves conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. This is what the Holy Spirit wants to do in us, to conform us to the image of Christ; so we must be diligent to allow Him to do so. He will never force us into submission, we must yield our lives over to His conformity of our lives. Yielding requires us to do whatever the Holy Spirit tells us to do, plain and simple! You know that saying, I say "jump", you say, "How high?" Well, don't even consider that to be part of your reaction! That is our biggest problem when it comes to being obedient to God, we want to question His power to do a work in our lives. We begin to measure our abilities against God's capabilities, as if God is only able to do what we can imagine ourselves being able to do. That is really not how this works; because we will never be able to imagine ourselves doing what God is capable of doing in us and through us. There is one thing that we need to get straight, we are seriously flawed and completely broken; there is no way we are going to do anything in our own strength, so we just need to yield completely to the power of God. Anything less, will only result in failure! To make my point, the "isles" that are mentioned above are 'a habitable spot' in a vast body of water; more like a desirable location to be, apposed to trying to stay afloat in the ocean. Well, in this case, not only do we rest upon that island, but we get to actually become the island oasis. That is what the Holy Spirit does in us, if we allow Him...
"Throughout the earth the story is the same -only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest. But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the LORD'S majesty. In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I whither away. Deceit still prevails, and treachery is everywhere." (Isaiah 24:13-16) NLT