I wore my bright red suit to church this past Sunday. Someone mentioned that I was wearing my “power suit.” That made me smile. It made me want to do something…well…powerful. If the suit had a cape I might’ve tried to fly.

I was pondering something powerful to do during the song service and, wouldn’t you know it, the electricity went out. No sound system. No electric guitar or piano. We had drums and that was about it. There we were without power while I was sitting on the front row in my power suit. Seems like I should’ve been able to plug this thing in somewhere, doesn’t it? All that red suit power–and it was useless for the song service.

You know what’s really funny? We didn’t need my red suit power. We didn’t even need the electrical power. God’s power showed up despite the lack of electricity. He didn’t need the piano or the sound system. Without any of those things, we had a wonderfully powerful time of worship.

Where does real power come from? It comes from the Lord. Let me say it in the most powerful way: He don’t need no power suit. There is great and wondrous power in his name. Jeremiah 10:6 exclaims, “Lord, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power.” Power in the suit? No, power in his name!

I hope I always remember to plug in to the real source of power.

And I also hope I always remember that the flying thing is not happening until Jesus comes–cape or no cape.

Rhonda Rhea rrhea@juno.com