The Awesome Power of God, Luke 11:20
"But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you."
"But if I, with the finger of God, cast out devils..." With the finger of God. The finger! It only takes a finger to cast out a vile and detestable fallen angel, bent on rebellion and full of malice and hatred toward God. This is the mighty power of our God! He, with a mere finger, can cast out even the most powerful of demons, the most insideous and horrible of creatures, from a human life. How much more then, can He bring us food, shelter, and all the necessities of life? How much more is He able to heal our broken hearts and bless us with friends and loved ones? How much more is God able to do anything that we could possibly imagine in our simple and limited minds?
Our God, who spoke the very universe into existence by the word of His mouth, created mankind in His image, breathing our souls into existence. To the planets and the stars, the galaxies and unknown wonders in our vast and expanding universe He gave so much care as to speak them into existence. The beauty of the skies and depths of the oceans were created by His word, as was every living creature on the earth. In creating everything around us, every lovely and marvelous, intricately detailed thing, He said "Let it be so," and it was. But God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils-- A close and intimate thing, more amazing than mere words-- the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
It amazes me to ponder the endless depths of the power of God, and yet to realize that such an awesome and magnificent God is so in love with me-- a rotten sinner-- that He gave up His glory and majesty, being made in the likeness of man (when we were first created in His likeness) in order that He might die a brutal and horrific death to reconcile myself unto Him. Surely He could have simply created another person, another planet, another universe that far surpasses the corrupted glory of this one. But instead, He chose to redeem His fallen creation, and redeem it in such a way that the redemptive process was finished for all time.
Jesus cried out from the cross on which He died, "It is finished." There is no more work that can be done, no more price that can be paid, nothing more anyone in all the universe could add to what had already been done. It is finished. And because of this, we-- you, I-- can stand in the presence of our amazing and awesome God and freely worship Him for all eternity. We can stand before His throne, unashamed and unafraid, and declare unto Him who sits on the throne, You are worthy, Oh Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for You have created all things, and for Your pleasure they are and were created.
In our trials, in our dilemmas, in our struggles and short-comings, we can have a tendancy to get bogged down and become more "horizontally focused"-- meaning we forget to look up and forget to stand in awe at the wonderful God whom we serve and love, Who first loved us and served us. This God, this One who casts out our worst enemy with a mere finger-- That enemy who plagues us and torments us and accuses us night and day-- This God, Jesus Christ, calls unto us, "Come unto Me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30). He wants to take your cares upon Himself, and how readily we should offer them to Him, for He is able to handle them so easily and perfectly! This God, who spoke life into existence, is more than able to deliver us from anything and everything.