HE IS ABLE

"Now to Him who is ABLE keep you from stumbling,

 And to present you faultless

 Before the presence of His glory

 With exceeding joy,

 To God our Savior,

Who alone is wise,

Be glory and majesty,

Dominion and power,

Both now and forever.

Amen." Jude 24-25

I was reading this morning in Jude, and the greek word for "able" stuck out to me...Dunamai.

When you pronounce the word it kind of sounds like a japanense martial arts explative. I have this picture in my mind of Mr. Miagi throwing a wirlwind of punches at Daniel-san saying, "Dunamai Daniel-san, Dunamai!!!"

BUT, that's not the real picture of the word as you can probably guess. It literally means to be able, and have power. It combines power, willingness, inherent strength and action. God has the power to keep us from stumbling and He is willing to present us faultless despite of ourselves.  We must trust in the ability of God to bring us blameless into His presence. We must also fully acknowledge that only by the working and grace of God is anyone able to come joyfully into His presence in blameless worship. He is the lawful ruler of every life. Our God is King of the Universe. How blessed we are to serve Him.

Remember that even in our frailty and humanity, that God has unconditional love for you. I'm thankful that He doesn't hold my past, present, and future sins against me.  As David said in Psalm 130:3-4, "If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O LORD who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that you may be feared."

 Now to Jesus Christ who has the power, and is willingly ABLE!