God is much more powerful than we are comfortable with

Most of us say we believe God is powerful.

We sing about it in church.

We pray about it when life gets hard.

We quote the verses that remind us He is in control.

But if we are honest, the God described in Scripture is far greater than most of us are actually

comfortable with.

So the question isn’t whether God is powerful.

The question is whether we are willing to live under that power.

Not as admirers.

Not as occasional followers.

But as people who have laid down their lives before Him.

He spoke the universe into existence.

He commands the oceans.

He gives life, and He takes it away.

That kind of power makes people uneasy.

Because if God is truly that powerful, then He is not just an assistant in our lives.

He is the authority over them.

That means He is not asking for a small corner of your life.

He is asking for all of it.

Your plans.

Your ambitions.

Your time.

Your comfort.

Your future.

Everything.

And this is where many people quietly step back.

We say we believe in God, but we live like we’re still in charge.

We’ll follow Him… as long as it doesn’t cost too much.

We’ll trust Him… as long as the road stays predictable.

We’ll surrender… as long as He doesn’t take something we love.

But a God you can control isn’t the God of the Bible.

The real God split the Red Sea.

He shut the mouths of lions.

He humbled empires.

And then He did something even more shocking.

He crushed His own Son on a cross so that sinners like us could live.

That is power.

Power over sin.

Power over death.

Power over eternity.

And the truth is, the real problem isn’t that God lacks power.

The problem is that we don’t like what His power requires from us.

Because the only appropriate response to a God like that is surrender.

Not partial belief.

Not occasional obedience.

Not polite religion.

Surrender.

The kind that says:

You are God. I am not.

My life belongs to You.

God is much more powerful than we are comfortable with.

And until we face that truth, we will keep trying to follow Him at a safe distance.

But Jesus never called anyone to follow Him safely.

He called us to lose our lives so we could find them.

Maybe the reason many people keep God at a distance is because deep down we know what His

power means.

It means we are not in control.

It means our lives are not our own.

It means surrender is the only honest response.

And the question each of us must answer is this: will we surrender to Him… or keep pretending we’re

in charge?