He is in your power

“He is in your power”.  The fear of being powerless, of being without power or control, unable to influence others in matters or situations of most importance to us, unfortunately, already renders us powerless, helpless, without a means or a cause to effect any change or influence others. We dread being powerless, at the mercy of another. Perhaps we might not have been as merciful as our Heavenly Father asks us to be, or others have taken advantage of our good works, or we simply dislike not being in the driver’s seat. Either way, the thought of not being in control or having to rely on another’s charity or worse being indebted to another’s mercy for whatever reason is simply a most frightening thought. For the most part, we like to believe we are always in control of most of daily situations, the people we encounter, our sphere of influence. We like to boast how we handled a certain situation, told another what to do or were able to get someone to change their mind – give way to your command or do what you demanded after you yelled or screamed, raised your voice, pointed your finger, or slammed the door. Sound familiar? Beginning to sound like a person that is powerless and has lost control? The fear of being powerless, helpless, or losing control causes us to want to take immediate action, to dominate the scene, act with a sense of urgency, take control of the moment in a spirit of self-reliance, relying on no one else. Our mindset is to never become needy for who can do it better? Who could know better? Who will treat you better than yourself? I simply love the helplessness and powerlessness of God. Who better than the Lord knows our self-seeking nature, our selfish ambition, the fear caused by sin and the nasty effects of powerlessness and yet in His incarnation, throughout His hidden years, in His presentation, baptism, ministry, agony, passion, death and resurrection, our Lord graciously made Himself powerless; entrusting Himself to our poor, impoverished, weak humanity. Jesus graciously, freely, without fear or trepidation, handed Himself over to all humanity, to betrayers, to sinners and saints as well. Our poor Jesus freely handed Himself over to the controlling power of man – helpless, powerless, needy, trustingly and in love.