…And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe…
Power. In the corporate world power is sought for and thirsted after by rabid climbers to the top. This power is quite different. The exceeding greatnes of God’s power makes one cringe; because it is not merely the power to fire or hire. It’s the power to spin ever so delicately a Mount Everest, or ever so wrathfully a daisy. Power, the power that I long for, is a moving of the Creator. And likewise, I think the Fear of God is that same moving in the heart of the created.
In the greek, here in Ephesians 1, it is dunamis (force, specifically miraculous power: -ability, abundance, meaning, might, miracle, power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work [you get the picture])…