Jan 8 - Micah 2:1

Woe to those who plan iniquity,

because it is in their power to do it.
Micah 2:1

When I was just a beginner -- a seminary intern -- I sat at a lunch with veteran pastors. One pastor made a loud, long, and vocal argument that people have no power.

He was half right.

The half he was correct about was that "only God has power." (And we should probably spell God's power like this: POWER.)

But humans do have a lower-case "power." We have the ability to influence our world for better or for worse. We can, as today's verse suggests, plan iniquity. On the positive side, we can also serve our neighbor and bless our kids -- and we don't have to be Christians to do that.

But the capability to do something is not real power. Here's where true POWER comes in. When we align ourselves completely with God's will, and begin trusting fully in the divine rather than the worldly, We begin operating under His poWer.

Wait ... align a little more ... PoWer

A little more ... PoWeR.

In Christ's Love,

a guy who's tired of writing

in lower-case letters

(align me, God)