While I called this song the above name 20 years ago, I would not do so now. The power of Jesus as the Pentecostal circles like to call it is nothing less than Christ in us, the hope of glory. His Spirit we receive not while seeking power but while seeking to do His will in reality and not as we perceive it.
If you try to live the Jesus life
You’d rather eat peas with a butter knife;
That’s how it is if you don’t have the power.
The disciples walked with Him three years
And at last their efforts came to tears
When Jesus died and they were without power.
CHORUS:
But at Pentecost in the upper room
They were filled with the Holy Ghost
And they had power…
Jesus’ power…
Yes, at Pentecost in the upper room
They were filled with the Holy Ghost
And they had power,
Jesus’ power.
Today there is a form of godliness
And souls are falling in the deep abyss
And all because some just don’t have the power;
But if you will come and ask of Him,
He’ll fill you right up to the brim
And you’ll be overflowing with Holy Ghost power.
CHORUS REPEAT
Prince Albert, SK; August 1976
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This satire is an expression of a time oft repeated wherein I felt incredulous and scornful of the thinking of so-called "theologians." They shape and size God, formulate the things they think He does, analyze Him, dissect Him, figure Him all out, put Him back together again according to their desires and tastes and put Him in a neat box, gift-wrapped and stamped, ready to be reproduced and mass-marketed to the ignorant masses the world over who swallow their doctrines as unsuspecting fish swallow bait, hook, line, sinker and rod. By the way, God hates the term "theology." How presumptuous is man that he should dare try to study God!
On September 24, 1996, Marilyn prophesied that the Lord was taking me, as He did Moses, for trespass, and that He had a ministry in the next world for me even as He had for Moses (as was seen on the mount of transfiguration). There came a resignation on my part, with sadness, and in this circumstance came this song which expresses that God does have a place reserved for saints. It is the destination of every believer, the goal of his spiritual trials and journey.
Simple and self-explanatory.