Prayers Of The Spirit: Empowered with Explosive Power According to His Omnipotence
Study The Word
Colossians 1:11-12 (KJV)
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.”
The Spirit of God, through the Apostle Paul, reveals another dimension of God’s perfect will for your life which is: He wants you to be strengthened with all might according to His glorious power. Think about this: God doesn’t want us to be weak. God doesn’t want us to be helpless. God doesn’t want you to be that person who, when trouble comes, crumbles and cries, “Oh my God, what’s happening to my life? Why is this happening to me?” No! God wants you to be empowered with His supernatural, explosive, miraculous power.
The Passion Translation renders it powerfully: “And we pray that you would be energized with all His explosive power from the realm of His magnificent glory.” Explosive power! This is the dynamic ability of God—the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead—operating in you. This is God’s perfect will. This is what He desires for every one of His children.
δύναμις dunamis might – inherent power, miraculous power, mighty divine force, ability to cause changes, spiritual power, dynamic ability
The word that is translated might is the Greek word dunamis. This Greek word dunamis is where we get the English word “dynamite” from. It speaks of inherent, dynamic miraculous power, a mighty divine force, the ability to cause changes. This is not natural strength. This is not human capability. This is supernatural, spiritual power—the kind of power that can effect changes in any situation. And God wants you filled with it!
But notice the scripture doesn’t just say you’ll be strengthened with might. It says you’ll be strengthened with might according to His glorious power. This is crucial! It means that your empowerment is not according to your own ability or your own strength. It is according to the extent, the bounds, the full capacity of God’s own power. That is what kratos – power is. That is “according to His glorious kratos!”
κράτος kratos power – divine dominion, strength, mighty deed, supreme power, the full extent of God’s might, omnipotent capacity
The word kratos here speaks of divine dominion—God’s supreme power, His omnipotent capacity. It is all the power that God has access to as the Almighty, the All-Powerful One. And the scripture says you are strengthened according to the supply, the reservoir of all of God’s might. According to His omnipotence! Not according to your limitations, not according to your circumstances, but according to the total capacity of God’s omnipotence, He supplies you with supernatural power. Glory to God!
Now, why does God want you filled with this power? So you can show off? So you can impress people? No! It is so that you can go through this life, this world with its adversaries, its challenges, its trials—and emerge a champion! When that bad news comes, when that contract ends, when that relationship falls apart, when that sickness attacks—you are not found wanting. You are not found without help. You are not found without a solution. You have the supernatural, explosive power of God to cause the changes that you need!
That is how Jesus lived His life. No matter where He was, no matter what came His way, no matter what challenges He faced, He wasn’t crying, “Oh Father, please help!” No! He knew He was filled with the might according to God’s glorious power, and He would effect the changes He needed. And that is your calling! That is your inheritance! You are to live the same way—empowered, strengthened, invigorated with God’s miracle-working power.
And here’s something beautiful: this power also enables you to have patience and longsuffering with joyfulness. Not patience with grumbling. Not endurance with complaining. But supernatural patience with joy! When you are filled with God’s power, you have the stamina to endure difficult times, and you also have the miraculous ability to change unfavourable situations. You can endure what needs to be endured, and you can change what needs to be changed. This is the balanced life of power that God has designed for you.
Now, how is this going to work? You have to pray these prayers of the Spirit! You see, God has already made these provisions available in Christ Jesus. But they don’t just activate automatically. Why? Because of the principle of free will. God has given you a will, and He will not override it. So when you pray, you are exercising your right of free will to endorse, to accept, to release, and to activate God’s plans and purposes of the working of His might according to His glorious power. So, you say, “Heavenly Father, I use my will to enforce Your will in my life. I use my will to activate Your power in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ.” And when you pray in accordance with His will, you know He hears you. And if you know He hears you, you know you have the petition you have desired of Him.
So you don’t have to wonder, “Is the power of God in me now?” Yes! You can now effect changes. You can now face life’s challenges knowing that 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, you are empowered with supernatural, miraculous power according to God’s omnipotence. Glory to God!
Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your perfect will to strengthen me with Your supernatural, explosive, miraculous power. I ask to be energized and empowered according to the full capacity of Your divine dominion and omnipotent might—not according to my ability, but according to Your unlimited power. I receive the grace to endure with joy, and I receive the dynamic ability to effect changes in every situation I face. Thank You, Father, that You have made me worthy to partake of the glorious inheritance of the saints in light, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Speak The Word
I am strengthened with all might according to God’s glorious power! I am energized and empowered with His explosive, supernatural, miraculous power according to the full capacity of His omnipotence. I face life as a champion—empowered to endure with joy and empowered to effect changes in every situation. I have the dunamis power of God at work in me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. I am not helpless; I am not without solutions. I cause changes by the power of the Holy Spirit in me, in the name of Jesus Christ