Slain for My Power

"Worthy is the lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise! Revelation 5:12

There are seven obvious attributes possessed by Jesus Christ as a result of His crucifixion on the cross.

This same attributes has been made available to us through salvation the minute we received Him as Lord and Saviour of our lives. 

According to our text in Revelation 5:12, these attributes was paid for in full by Jesus, and the currency used for the purchase was His blood

To activate and operate these attributes in our daily lives we need to acknowledge the fact that they are ours. And we already possess them in their right proportions.

We need to deliberately use them for the furtherance of the kingdom of God within our sphere of influence. i.e.
Place of work, within our family, circle of friends, among our fellow course mates. Etc.

The attributes we are talking about this morning are as follows;
1. Power
2. Wealth /Riches
3.Wisdom
4.Strength
5.Honor
6.Glory
7. Praise /blessing.

As children of God, it’s important that we understand that this attributes are already residing in every one of us. All we need to do is turn them on. Like we turn on the light whenever we enter a room and feel the need for the light already made available in the room.

Two major ways to turn on these attributes within us;
Constant prayer and
Word study.

Let’s take a quick  look at the first attribute as listed in Revelation 5:12.
POWER
The word power was first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 31:6. It was rightfully used in connection with Jacob while working for Laban, his father in-law and uncle.
The root meaning of the word power which is capacity or means was very obvious in the life of Jacob while he served Laban. Laban himself attests to this truth.


He confessed to Jacob the fact that his presence in his life was what made him so blessed.
This is the same kind of power Jesus Christ purchased for us by His blood. The power to effect change in every area of life.

It’s called dunamis. The ability to produce result even in a desert.
This kind of power has no regard for age, season or geographical location. It’s like dynamite. It has no respect for the condition of the place it’s placed. Once it explodes it changes the condition of that place.

Friends, He was slain for your power. He was slain for your dominion. He was slain for your wealth. It is time to display this power so everyone around you can benefit from it

The Power of Having the Right Understanding

As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?  
Who are you, LORD? Saul asked. I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting ," He replied. Act 9:3-5

We should never under estimate the power of a positive understanding. It makes a great difference in terms of what we attract both from God and man.
In God, His promises are yes and amen in Christ Jesus. There is nothing we desire that He cannot give to us. But often times we are limited by our own understanding of Him.
Our attitude towards anything is a function of our understanding of that thing.

The life of Saul who later became Paul at conversion does attest to this truth.
Paul's understanding of who Jesus was, was what informed his decision towards the early Church. He, also like other rulers never understood Jesus.

They did not believe He was God in the form of man. This simple reality led him to persecute Jesus, by persecuting His disciples. But when he encountered Jesus on His way to Damascus, his understanding of Jesus changed and this led to the change of his attitude towards God's people.

He moved from persecuting Jesus before the people of Jerusalem to propagating Jesus before the whole world.
Friends if anything most change in our lives, we have to ask Him to either change our understanding in regards to that thing or better still ask Him to deepen it.
God in His infinite wisdom has made life and placed the understanding of it as a measurement in determining what we get from it.

My prayer for every one of us today is that we will grow in our understanding of Him.
The level of our spirituality in Him is measured by the debt of our understanding of Him.
And the debt of our understanding of Him determines the exploit we will do in Him.
You can never achieve anything in God above your understanding of who He is.

Prayer;
Oh LORD! Increase my understanding of who you are, and what on earth I'm here for.