Todopoderoso

For my first Sunday in Mexico, my family and I went to church together... and it was amazing. If you've never experienced church in mexico, its a must. But, I'm gonna blog about what I learned.

Todopoderoso was a word that I heard over and over and over again during the message. And in English, it translates to "All powerful." The message was over the power of God and Christ, and how it is at work in us.

In the front of my Bible, just above where it says in large print "Holy Bible" I wrote this: "God is much bigger than the rules and regulations of this book. If we trap Him only in these pages, we limit his power."

And after hearing all of the preacher's message, I couldn't believe how true that really was.

In Mark 5:30, we get a sense of just how CRAZY Jesus' power is. When a sick woman came close enough to touch His cloak, she was healed. Christ's power passed through his cloak to the woman, and the first thing the Word says is that "Jesus realized that power had gone out from Him." Here, we see Jesus as a vessel of power... a physical power that by through touch, is shared with believers. He was so incredibly attuned with this power, that he knew the instant that it left his body. What an unimaginable thought. So, we see that God has power over the physical.

Next, we looked at Mark 4:35, when Jesus calms the sea with a single utterance. The disciples say, "Who is this man? Even the wind and waves obey him." Here, we see that Jesus shares His power through his words. All Jesus said was "Quiet, Be still." and the storm passed. So, God has a power that exudes from His words.

2 Corinthians 10:4 is my favorite example of the todopoderoso power that is in Jesus. It shows us that this power, though not used through weapons of force or destruction, has the strength to "demolish strongholds". Pause here, but keep this in mind.


Ephesians 3:20 says "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory..."

Ephesians 3:20 and 2 Corinthians 10:4 go HAND in HAND. 2 Corinthians 10:4 continues like this: "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we TAKE CAPTIVE ever thought to make is OBEDIENT to Christ." What an incredibly powerful string of words. This power... this todopoderoso power that Christ exudes through his words and even through his robes is at work in ME... its at work in YOU.

Its time to start acting like it.

Lets live our lives IN this todopoderoso power... not only in the knowledge that Christ owns this power, but that it really, truly exists and works in us. Let's take every thought captive and make it obedient to the power of Christ.

Its incredible what I learned through a sermon delivered completely in Spanish, huh? Well, that's the work of the Holy Spirit.

- Not missing home one bit,
Seth