In Pursuit of God III

If you want to pursue God, I found out quickly that it's not about you.
I was looking in scripture and saw how jesus had "power" (Luke 8:46)
and also that we will do greater things than Jesus - (John 14:12)

So in a sence, you could have "power" and I'm quickly reminded of
the cartoon "Dragonball Z" when one of the fighters was suprised when
his enemies power was at "9000"

(I had to post this- Joke)

I cant help but recall all the moments in this violent cartoon of the main characters working out and getting stronger. All of them were either practicing what they have learned or training with some elite force or trainer. Even as a kid I thought "How awesome would it be to train and have power like that?" But understanding what God has done for us is not as empowering as the cartoons... It's actually real...

Realizing that "Dragon ball Z" is fake and "Having power" is a real thing for YOU as a christian, but it will take work and training...

This power is not intended to make you popular or train you into a "Christian Superhero" because it's NEVER about YOU, It's about God
working through you, God is the hero, and your his tool.
do you want to be used? :)

Here's my understanding of how to achieve said power so far...

• Accept Jesus into your heart (Romans 10:9-10) and must be a "heart" decision
   
• Choose to not sin because God is opposed to evil (Habakkuk 1:13)

    (God is omnipresent, he is everywhere, but turns his back from sin
     because he opposes it, so ask for forgiveness) Then your primed to hear God.

• You need to HEAR Gods voice if your going to be empowered, so

      Shut up and begin to listen and hear him. (I Kings 19:12 )

   God wants to use us, but many times we would find out that "God gives us the
desires of our heart" (Psalms 37:4) so we pray for new, beautiful cars, money, etc.
But the problem is that power comes from God and not our hearts!! Even though
God "Gives us those desires" we dont see anything happen... which makes us doubt
God all together, just because we dont get what we want... but then again, It's not 
about you, is it?

   Pride was the origional sin, not eating the apple. (Ezekiel 28:12-17)
So get the YOU out of the equasion, because it's a matter of you recieving
power, well who has all knowing (Omnicient), Everywhere (Omnipresent),
and all powerful (omnipotent)? God. If your honestly able to be a "living sacrifice"
to God, your ready to go. (Romans 12:1)

    Ask God to be used.

    When He speaks to you, Obey.

    Prepare>Listen>Obey>Effect.

  Why do people just pray for people?
Jesus prayed before healing people, and
we just assume that God wants to heal
everyone, but what if God wanted to
heal an emotional problem or quench
pride (or others) before physical healing?
You wont know unless your listening!

   So listen, and once you obey, who knows what will happen!

Practice this, use it... It's just a part of a journey

Dont take MY personal words as gospel, I probably left stuff out
or havent understood anything, but if this helps anyone,
I'm happy I was able to help. The best thing to do is to
READ the bible yourself and understand that, and apply it.