Sometimes it seems like power is a bad thing, and people speak as if only in renouncing power can a person do good. But that is not the case. The following comes via Sojourners.
"Power is of God, but like all God’s gifts, humankind has the freedom to misuse power. When this happens, it becomes corrupt, and it violates and dehumanizes others. Powerlessness limits human development and denies persons their promised fulfillment.... We have each been given the power to do what we can do, but are we willing to claim it? To accept it? Or is it safer to ignore or rationalize it away? Is claiming this kind of power worth the cost of change or the risk of rejection?"It's worth remembering that Jesus didn't refuse to exercise power, he simply refused to exercise power in the death-dealing ways of the world.Helen Bruch Pearson, Do What You Have the Power to Do
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