Bird on a Wire

When a bird sits on a power line, does it realize the amount of power that it is sitting on? The overhead power lines that run close to your house have somewhere between 7,500 volts and 25,000 volts, if the line is close to a power plant it might have 50,000 volts. That is lots of power, if you have ever been shocked by the power in your house that is only 120 volts maybe 240 volts. The higher volts can kill you instantly, but that bird on the wire has no clue what it is sitting on.

God has all the power in the universe, He created it all and he controls it all. Matthew 7:7-11 is the parable about asking and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find (paraphrasing). The problem is I find myself acting like the bird on the wire sometimes. Here I am desiring something or needing something and instead of tapping into the power that it is right there, only a prayer away, I try and do it on my own.

If the president of the United States said “ask it shall be given to you”, who would not ask for something they need or desire? Who would say I don’t need you, let me try it on my own first? But God gives the President his power just as He gave Pilate his power they can do nothing without God just as we can do nothing with out God. But with God we know all things are possible (Philippians 4:13). We just need to tap into the power that it is so accessible to us!