Power Belongs To The Responsible

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...

Power must be seen as entrusted ability.  In considering where you fit in all of this, understand that the amount of power you possess is relative to what you can be trusted to responsibly handle with it.  The problem with many of us is that we crave what we have yet to prove ourselves capable of handling.  We see others around us who have been empowered to accomplish great things, but we fail to see the levels of responsible handling through which they came in order to prove themselves worthy of being entrusted with MORE power.  Instead of admiring the power possessed by others, be encouraged to focus on how you handle the power YOU possess.  Become responsible where you are NOW!  Creating a track record of favorable response to what life CURRENTLY demands of you is the key to unlocking more responsibility.   And once you have mastered the present level, it is THEN that promotion comes to usher you into the next level of power required for you to handle a greater degree of responsibility than before.  Just be sure to NEVER lose your sense of purpose by acting irresponsibly and abusing the power you've been given to accomplish the work assigned to your hands.