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Discipleship Focus: P=V2/R Principle
- P=V2/R Principle: In this equation, we know from physics that power equals voltage squared divided by resistance. The principle is that our spiritual power is affected by our spiritual connection to God (voltage) and our own personal fear or unwillingness (resistance).
I find the Exodus 20 response of the people to be
fascinating. Moses goes up to the
mountain. God makes His presence
known. The people draw back in
fear. They beg and plead Moses to be an
intermediary between them and God. They
actually ask Moses to not let God speak to them – as if Moses could control
that!
What this points to is our own human resistance. Faith and relationship with God is easy when
we ask other people to do the heavy lifting for us. Faith and relationship with God is messy when
we come into direct relationship with God and hear His voice. In fact, faith and relationship with God is
downright hard and scary when we come in direct relationship with God. I completely understand why the Hebrew people
drew back in fear and asked Moses and Aaron to do all the hard work.
The reality is that our human nature is far more likely to latch
onto fear (resistance) rather than latch onto a personal spiritual connection
to God (voltage). We are far more likely
to be afraid of God, or be afraid of failing, or be afraid of being wrong than
we are to actually want to drawn near to God when we see Him on display. As a result, our power is often small because
our resistance is large.
God wants our power to be significant. We need to learn to latch onto our spiritual
connection with God more than our fear.
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