Renewable Energy

*Renewable Energy*

"And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee ... And they
were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this!
for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they
come out." Luke 4:14,36

The subterranean world beneath northern California is boiling hot - hot
enough to produce vast caverns of superheated steam. This area, known as
The Geysers, is one of the most active geothermal spots on earth. Sitting
directly atop The Geysers are buildings that house some of the world's most
innovative power generators. Workers have drilled "wells" two miles deep
into the scalding earthen chambers beneath the generators, and as steam
escapes through the wells it turns huge turbines and produces electricity.
The Geysers supply nearly sixty percent of the electrical demands from the
Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. Welcome to the world of renewable
energy.

God has built our earth with an incredible array of renewable sources of
energy, but He also gave us an inexhaustible and unlimited source of
spiritual energy that comes directly from Him. "According as his divine
power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby
are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature" (2 Pet. 1:3-4). If you search the
Bible, you will find that the word "power" occurs over 270 times. There's
something about reading Bible verses about spiritual power that imparts
strength to us.

Psalm 62:11 says that "power belongeth unto God." Jeremiah 10:12 says that
God "hath made the earth by his power." Luke tells us that Jesus went
about His ministry "in the power of the Spirit." He had power on earth to
forgive sins (Luke 5:24), to heal illness (Luke 6:19), and to still storms
(Mark 4:39). And He was "declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead"
(Rom. 1:4). One of the last statements he made before commissioning His
disciples was "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth" (Matt.
28:18). We can only live effectively when we tap into the infinite source
of His power - "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
power of his might" (Eph. 6:10). We cannot live the Christian life in our
own strength, we need the continually be connected and renewed by the
enabling unending power supply of the Holy Spirit.

*But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the
power may be of God, and not of us. (Apostle Paul - 2 Corinthians 4:7)*