The Energy of God

There is powerful energy within God that flows to his people to enable them to live the Christian life. The Christian life is not meant to be lived in our own strength, but in the power of God.

Energy is the ability to do work. There are many types of energy in the world, including heat, light, motion, electrical and chemical energy. According to the US government, energy makes modern civilization possible.

The divine energy of Almighty God is the greatest form of energy in the entire universe, dwarfing the power of the sun and the largest stars. This is because God is the most powerful being in the universe.

When Jesus worked miracles, people said that powers were energizing in him (Matthew 14:2). Divine energy flowed through Jesus, working miracles.

In the Bible, the Greek word for energy is often used to describe the power of God. The verses that we will discuss this morning use this Greek word that literally means energy.

God energizes Christians to do his will (Philippians 2:13). God’s energy is the most powerful energy in the universe. This is the power to live the Christian life. Normal Christianity is about living in the supernatural energy of God. It is not about living in our own strength. It is about being connected to the most powerful Person in the universe – God himself.

All of Christianity is supernatural. It comes from God.

The Holy Spirit energizes us to do above and beyond all we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). This dynamite power resides within every Christian. It is unlimited power. This is why Jesus said that we could do greater works than he did (John 14:12). Jesus raised the dead, cast out demons, exposed secrets, and healed the sick. Jesus said we can do these things too because the same Holy Spirit that empowered Jesus is inside of us.

All miracles come from God. The most powerful miracle in the world is when someone becomes born again and their dead spirit is raised to life. Only God can do this. If God is able to make a spiritually dead person alive, then God can easily raise a dead body to life. Sometimes dead people come back to life in the hospital. But no one but God can raise a spiritually dead person back to life.

Just because an energy exists doesn’t mean that it’s doing work. Energy can be stored, and it can be released. There is potential energy or kinetic energy. God wants the power of the Holy Spirit inside us to be released and become active and powerful in the world.

The Holy Spirit energizes spiritual gifts within God’s people (1 Corinthians 12:6). There are many different types of spiritual gifts, including tongues, prophecy, helps, and administration. There is no distinction between natural gifts and spiritual gifts. It is not as though miracles are supernatural, done in the power of God, but helps are natural, done in our own strength. All spiritual gifts are supernatural, energized by the Holy Spirit. We need the supernatural energy of God to operate any spiritual gift.

Every Christian has at least one spiritual gift (1 Peter 4:10). Spiritual gifts are given for the building up of the body of Christ. These gifts operate as we are connected to the body of Christ and are guided by true ministers. As we participate in the life of the church community, particularly in Sunday church, the spiritual gifts inside us will be energized and start to operate.

The Holy Spirit enables us to work for God (Colossians 1:29). He enables ministry to happen (Galatians 2:8). All Christians have a ministry. All are called to minister by God. We cannot serve God in our own power, we need to serve him in the supernatural energy that he provides.

The word of God energizes us (1 Thessalonians 2:13). The word of God is supernatural, charged with divine energy and life (Hebrews 4:12). As we believe the word of God and obey it, the power of God will flow through our lives.

If we do not tap into the divine energizing power of the Holy Spirit, then we will wither spiritually. We will become like a plant that is not getting enough sun, and so it turns yellow and wilts. Christianity is about life and a relationship with God, it’s not about religion. Religion creates bondage. Religion is trying to live the Christian life in our own strength, and following the religious traditions of people rather than obeying the word of God. Jesus came to demolish dead religion and bring us face to face with God. He came to pour out God into our hearts.

There are supernatural energies operating in the world that are contrary to God. 

The energy of Satan is working inside of unbelievers (Ephesians 2:2). We need to be careful as to how unbelievers can affect us, because they can drag us down because Satan is operating inside them. We need to share the truth with them if we really care about them. If we don’t care about them, then we’ll stay quiet and allow Satan to destroy them. 

There is an energy called the mystery of lawlessness that operates within the church (2 Thessalonians 2:7). This energy encourages Christians to ignore the word of God and obey religious traditions. Satan works counterfeit miracles and spiritual gifts. This happens when Christians stop obeying the Bible and start following their own religious ideas. We need discernment. The Holy Spirit operates according to the word of God. Evil spirits operate according to man-made religious rituals. We must measure all Christianity by the word of God.

There is an energy operating within each one of us called the flesh (Romans 7:5). This energy is contrary to the energy of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:17). To get the victory over the flesh, we need to crucify the flesh and put it off. We do this through faith in Christ. We must put off the old man and put on the new man. We need to learn to walk in the Spirit, which means be empowered by divine energy from God, and not walk in the flesh.

It takes supernatural energy from God to counteract the evil energies operating within the world. To overcome these evil energies, we need the energy of God.

Sometimes tests come, and we face challenges. These tests can expose whether we are living in the flesh or in the Spirit. We can only overcome some tests by the divine energy of the Holy Spirit.

There are several ways we can tap into the divine energy and power of God. We need to believe the word of God and obey it. Obedience to God releases the Holy Spirit in our lives (Acts 5:32). When we take up our cross and suffer for Jesus, we experience God’s power, for when we are weak, then we are strong (2 Corinthians 12:10). We tap into divine energy when we exercise our spiritual gifts and experience the operations of spiritual gifts through others in the body of Christ. We need to pray. And we need to be filled again and again with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18).

Divine energy is based on the power of the resurrection. When Christ was raised from the dead, divine energy raised him. Now, God has released this same divine energy into us (Ephesians 1:19-20). We are members of Christ’s body. The power that raised up Christ from the dead is inside us. Let us live our lives in God’s power, so that God can be glorified.