God is Power

"God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God" (Ps. 62:11) God’s power is like Himself, self-existent, self-sustained. The mightiest of men cannot add so much as a shadow of increased power to the Omnipotent One. He sits on no buttressed throne and leans on no assisting arm. His court is not maintained by His courtiers, nor does it borrow its splendor from His creatures. He is Himself the great central source and Originator of all power (C. H. Spurgeon).

God's power is beyond comprehension. It really is God's power that makes God's love mean anything. If God only loved, but did not have the power to show that love where would that love be? This is amazing to me to think that God so loved the world that He gave his only son! God gave His son! That is POWER. The Gospel = Love + Power.

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes Matthew 21:41-43

This is marvelous in my eyes what about yours?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:15-17

If God's love was manifested powerfully in the sufferings of Christ we also should be willing to manifest God's love in our sufferings demonstrating God's power in us. To be honest with you I have not suffered much in my life but I admire the lives of those who have suffered because they are so full of the love of God.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 2 Timothy 1:7-9

Why am I afraid to suffer? Paul was glad to be counted worthy to suffer. Why do I not want to be counted WORTHY to suffer?