Your Power of Attorney

Your Power of Attorney Every person in the world wants a good name. People desire to be well thought of, and rightly so. I want to have a good name, and I want people to think well of me. But many people’s names today are not respected. A man says to you, “I’ll pay you on such and such a day.” When that day comes, he does not pay. Someone promises, “I’ll meet you at such and such a time.” When that time comes, he is not there but has left you waiting. Such a person’s name is not respected because he has not put off lying.* I know that Christ is in me† and I am in him.‡ No matter what people may say, no matter what the world may say, my name is written in the Book of Life. But, in order for us to be able to help ourselves and others, we must know more: we must know what power we have. What is the power of attorney? What is it to have the power of attorney in your life or in the life of the Church? Do you know? The power of attorney is the legal right to use the name of the person who has given you the power . This power is limited only to the extent of the resources behind that name. If the Church has been given the power of attorney, it has only as much power as is in the name of Jesus Christ. If the name of Jesus Christ has power, and that name has been given to you, then you have the power of attorney to execute in that name whatever resources he has available. Ephesians 1:17: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. The purpose that God had in mind in giving His Son's name to us is set forth in Ephesians. Ephesians 1:18-23: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, an