Click for audio: Your Center of Power
If you have lived in the southwest for any length of time, you have undoubtedly stumbled upon a juniper tree growing from an impossibly small crack in the rock. While it appears that the environment is too poor to support such a tree, the juniper flourishes.
This tree illustrates what is possible when we find our true center of power. We commonly define what we can and cannot do by our environmental situation. Our center of power is measured by what we have rather than who we are as a spiritual being. When our sources of power become threatened, we seek God’s help to restore them. The time comes, however, when we turn our attention to our true center of power from which we can never be separated.
The Old Testament story of Samson and Delilah illustrate this beautifully. Born a Nazirite, Samson was dedicated to God. One of the badges of this honor was displayed in his hair, which had never been cut. Known for his great strength, Samson was able to perform mighty feats of destruction against the acheter kamagra en ligne italie cristalgaia.com Philistines, Israel’s suppressing enemy. His strength, however, was in his position, symbolized by his long hair. The loss of his hair meant the loss of his power. Though he ultimately found his true center of power, he was forced to use it in a self-destructive way.
If you are confronted with some challenging issue in your life, you will benefit greatly by observing the sources from which you draw your strength. Does your power and peace of mind come from what you have or from who you are? Of course, we all want harmony and abundance in our environmental conditions. If these change, as they often do, are we then to become powerless in the face of this change? If the juniper first surveyed its environment and decided the resources in the crack in the rock were too scant to thrive, we would never be treated to this inspirational wonder.
God is your center of power. Look to God always as your Source of all good and you will find an inner stability that will enable you to move successfully and prix levitra france creatively through the challenges that are certain to arise in your life. There is a constant ebb and flow in our external conditions. God, our true center of power, is constant and always present.