I was reminded last week of something my good friend and brother
Prophet William L. Johnson II shared in a teaching a couple of years ago:
"Power belongs to the responsible." That statement really stood out amongst all he shared in that particular evening of revival, and it arrests my attention even now as I ponder over who power belongs to. If you have ever taken a Physics course, then you're most likely familiar with the idea that
power is the ability to do work. Not just something that lies dormant,
it is a force that enables the empowered entity to fulfill some degree of purpose. Therefore, power is only as valuable as the work it actually accomplishes.
It makes no sense to possess power if it results in nothing purposeful. And let's be frank here: irresponsible people lack a sense of purpose.
In the hands of irresponsible people, power becomes abused (or "
ABnormally
USED"). As my favorite teacher, Dr. Myles Munroe, has said,
"Where purpose is NOT known, abuse is inevitable." Irresponsible people do not seek to understand purpose because it requires too much of them. And without an understanding of purpose, people are totally clueless as to how they should respond to anything. Furthermore,
if responsibility indeed be the ability to respond, then why should supernatural power be entrusted to those who fail to appropriately exercise the limited ability they've already been given to favorably respond to life's demands? It makes zero sense whatsoever...
