God is Omnipotent

In Exodus 6, God calls himself God Almighty. This is another way of saying God All-Powerful or God Omnipotent or God with unlimited power. Listen to Stephen Charnock talk about God's omnipotence,

The Power of God is that ability or strength whereby He can bring to pass whatsoever He pleases, whatsoever his infinite wisdom may direct, and whatsoever the infinite purity of His will may resolve. . . . (God's) power is that which gives life and action to all the perfections of the Divine nature. How vain would be the eternal counsels, if power did not step in to execute them. Without power His mercy would be but feeble pity, His promises an empty sound, His threatenings a mere scarecrow. God's power is like Himself, infinite, eternal, incomprehensible; it can neither be checked, restrained, nor frustrated by the creature. (quoted by Pink in "The Attributes of God")

God has in himself the power to do all that he pleases. He has the power to fulfill all that he ordains to come about. He has the power to bring all his promises to fruition.

Omnipotence is not a name given to the sum of all power, but an attribute of a personal God whom we Christians believe to be the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And since God has at his command all the power of the universe the Lord God can do anything as easily as anything else. All his acts are done without effort. He expends no energy that must be replenished. His self-sufficiency makes it unnecessary for Him to look outside himself for a renewal of strength. All the power required to do all that He wills to do lies in undiminished fullness in His own infinite being. - Tozer

God cannot be stopped from accomplishing his purposes. He does whatever he pleases. His power is Superior to all other powers. He is the great "I AM". He spoke the world into existence. By the power of his word this world was created. He created from nothing.

What implications does God's omnipotence have for our lives? According to A.W. Pink it should do three things:
1. It should cause his to tremble. Think of the most awesome display of power you have ever seen; A mighty storm, thunder and lightening filled tornado, a terrible hurricane, devastating flood or earthquake. The power of a strong army or government. The power of the human body to withstand disease, cold, and heat. The power of the human mind to think and act and reason. It should cause us to tremble to know that God holds all these in the palms of his hands. We do well to walk carefully and live purposely in order that we might please such an all powerful God.
2. It should cause us to adore God. Think of all the things you adore and why. What do you worship? What do you want most in your life? If we took time to see God's attributes including his omnipotence we would find ourselves adoring our creator above all other things created.
3. It should cause us to trust God. Nothing is too hard for him. What great hope this brings for our lives, our problems, our relationships, our fears, our weaknesses. God can do all things. Nothing is impossible for him. His promises always stand true because he has the power to keep them.

Spend time this week thinking about and meditating on God's omnipotence. If we think of God as limited in what he can do we would lose hope. But hope remains. "No prayer is too hard for him to answer no need to great for him to supply, no passion too strong for him to subdue, no temptation too powerful for him to deliver from, no misery too deep for him to relieve (Pink)." And I would add no teenager or adult too immature, too stubborn, too distant for God to get a hold of and change by his grace for his glory.

We can trust him without hesitation because he is Omnipotent.