The Power of Godliness

2 Tim 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

What or who is the power of Godliness ? Powers in the biblical  understanding are not impersonal. A Power is a person whether divine, angelic or mortal. The gravity of their presence, the pervasiveness of their spirit. We all have power. A talented charismatic person will have much more power in this world than an illiterate and insecure one but these various distributions of power are of little consequence to God. He delights in using the weakest of things to defy the strong.

Structure without essence. Form without fullness. A house left empty. The glory having departed. 
These are the tragedies that flow from separation with the Father, our source of life. The beguiling nature of sinfulness leads us away from the lover of our souls, then hides the way back in darkness, so that we are forced to continue existing without really living. We are lead away from Him to enslavement, and despair. 

But praise be unto God. The light of the world is come to a land of darkness, He has triumphed over the power of sin and death to make a way back. To save, rescue and redeem our souls. Christ came to reconcile us to the Father. He is the way. In Him we see the greatest expression of power. Christ is the power of God.

A vital relationship with Christ as Savior, Lord and Friend empowers us to reconnect with the Father. He is our source and our destiny, and without Him we have no life. We must abide in the vine.