In the winter storm of 2000 we have all had a taste of life without power.  Hundreds of thousands of people in Arkansas have been affected.  Being without electrical power in this modern age forces us to retreat to some of the more primitive methods of survival.  Losing power can be more than just an inconvenience – it can be serious!
     Losing spiritual power can be eternally tragic.  Paul wrote, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Gal. 6:9).  Weariness is losing heart, losing interest; the sense of dullness that comes when the keen edge has worn off.  It is when the excellent thing no longer seems worth doing.  Fainting is weariness carried to it ultimate failure – loss of power.
     What happens when you lose power – electrical or spiritual?  First, you’re in the darkness.  When a person obeys the gospel they are “delivered from the power of darkness,” and “translated into the kingdom of his dear Son” (Col. 1:13).  To lose power is to return to that dark-ness of sin (Acts 26:18).  Second, your activities are limited.  If you lose spiritual power you are unfaithful and no longer active in the Lord’s business (Cf., 1 Cor. 15:58). One who loses spiritual power is not worshipping faithfully, serving fervently or growing firmly. Third, you’re cold, being without heat.  When a Christian loses spiritual power his love and heart have grown cold.  In the realm of spiritual power you have a choice – don’t lost power!