KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Power
JESUS HAD POWER ( Colossians 1:16, 17)...
"Wonder-working power ( Luke 5:17). He could walk on water, raise the dead, and instantly heal those afflicted with horrible, life-long disease. He could cast out demons, feed thousands with but a few loaves and fish, and transform water into wine. He could rebuke the storm and calm the sea. He had power ( Acts 10:38).
And yet--perhaps his most surprising manifestation of power was the intentional failure to employ it ( 1 Peter 2:21-23; cf. Isaiah 53:7; Mark 14:61). Despite the unlimited miraculous resources at His disposal--when faced with Calvary and all that entailed--Jesus restrained His own mighty hand.
THOUGHT: Has it ever occurred to you that one of the Lord's most significant displays of power was expressed in a non-miraculous way? (Mike Benson)
KneEmail: "And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing" ( Matthew 27:12).