“You moved in power then
God, move in power now
You are the same God
You are the same God”
Same God, Elevation Worship
“I the Lord do not change.”
Malachi 3:6a, NIV
Everlasting and unchanging – eternal, infinitely faithful and true – from generation to generation… God does not change. There is no shadow of turning with Him. As He was, so He is and so He will be forevermore and beyond.
He is the same God who split the seas for Moses, the same God who made Jericho’s walls tumble down – the same God who helped a teenage boy defeat a giant.
He is still the same God who provided manna and quail in the desert, made water flow from the rock – He is still Jehovah-Rapha the Healer, El-Roi who sees us, Jehovah-Jireh our Provider and Jehovah-Nissi the One who fights for us.
He is still the same God who revealed Himself in Jesus Christ. The same Jesus who loved the sinner and cleansed the leper – made the blind to see and set the captive free – He is still the same Jesus!
Hebrews 13:8: says that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.
The face, grace and embrace of God – the Right Hand stretched out, never too short to reach us in our time of need. The same Jesus – Yeshua – the very Word of God made flesh. The Heart of God made manifest.
God is not a man that He would lie. His love for us does not diminish, is infinite and without bounds – oh how He loves us!
The same God, Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End and Creator of the universe is the One – Almighty, Omnipotent – spoke at the dawn of Creation and there was light.
Through the indwelling of His Spirit – the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead – He wants to speak light in your darkness.
He wants to be your Beginning.
He created you, purchased you salvation – redeemed you from sin and shame – you are double His!
He is the same God who moved in power then, and He wants to move in power now through His Holy Spirit living and active in our lives. He is still the Mighty Conqueror – our victory – and the Prince of Peace – the River of Living Water, the Bread from Heaven.
He wants to move in our midst. He wants to move in your life. He wants to move in your ministry – this ministry that we all share – the ministry of reconciliation.
He wants to empower us and enable us to be His witnesses in our Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria – and even to the ends of the Earth. He wants us to be His witnesses in our homes, at our schools, our places of business, our communities – to expand His Kingdom wherever we might go.
All it takes from us is a “metanoia” experience – a turning of the heart and the mind towards the things of God. A shift in our thinking, the realisation that God is who He says He is.
He is not a man that He would lie or change His mind. God intended, from the beginning, to walk with us. This has not changed. Let us turn our hearts and our minds toward Him. Let us give Him our full attention.
When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit we turned from God. There is no shadow of turning with Him. Let us turn back to God.
He is the same God who moved in power then, and He wants to move in power now – here in our midst. In our homes, in our churches, in our communities. Revival is waiting.
All we need to do is become willing to let Him have His way – to surrender to His loving and careful Hand so that He may mould us, form us, guide us and lead us – so that the blueprint of what He had in mind for us might be restored.
Let us turn our hearts and minds – the totality of our lives – over to Him.
Prayer: Jesus, have Your way in me. Come and flood my life with who You are. If there is any doubt or double-mindedness in me, let it be stripped away, burned away by the fire of Your Holy Spirit. Come and move in my life and through my life as I surrender all I am and all I ever will be to You. Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will be done – in and through my life – in Jesus Name. Amen.