We fail not because there is no zeal, but because there is no power. Power is the ability to do work. Power needs to be given before a certain task can be done (Acts 1:8). Jesus came back from the wilderness in the power of the Spirit (Luke 4:14). Power gives ability. When the fuel is not sufficient, the engine stops. Even though a student is told to write on the board, without receiving the chalk, he cannot perform the instruction. Effort fails when power is lacking. To preach is different from to win souls; anyone can preach, but only the empowered can win souls (1 Corinthians 4:20).

“Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.” (Matthew 9:17,)

Many pains and traumas on the line of duty mostly come when power is lacking. Power creates a way where there is none (Psalm 110:3). If one short sermon of Peter could convert 3,000 strong religious people, then it is not just about preaching, it is about power (Acts 2:41).

The greater one’s power, the bigger the load one can carry and the more effective one can be (Proverbs 24:10).
Oh, how powerlessness has made a mockery of many generals, kept them in cages of helplessness, limited their heights, and sealed their lips.

Infirmities walk to and fro in the church because no power stops them (Mark 16:17–18). Fate is only accepted when there is no power to change it. It is not that Jesus had not died nor been beaten; it is because there is no power in His children to exercise His authority (Luke 10:19; Ephesians 2:6).

Ask for Power!