Faith

If understanding and experiencing God's loving-kindness yields loving-kindness in ourselves, and the same happens with His wisdom, why would understanding His power not yield power in our lives?

The answer to that question is simple. Faith is power. If you look carefully throughout the gospels, you will notice that a great majority of the miracles performed by Jesus were based on faith. A specific instance comes to mind where Jesus, seemingly, performed a miracle without even meaning to do so. This miracle happened, apparently, based completely on the faith of the recipient. Let's take a look at it.

"And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, 'My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.'
And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, 'If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.' And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, 'Who touched my garments?' And his disciples said to him, 'You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'' And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. And he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.' " Mark 5:21-34, ESV

Similarly, where there was no faith, He performed very few, if any, miracles (Matthew 13:53-58). Now, lets clarify that faith is not an absolute necessity to have a miracle. God can perform any miracle anytime He wants, regardless of whether He is asked to or whether there is faith.

The movie "Bruce all Mighty" makes a good point. In this movie God grants Bruce all of His power to do as he wills. Bruce uses this power and, by the end of the movie, manages to make a complete mess of His and everyone else's situation, except maybe his dog. The point is clear, even if God granted man His power, man would not be better off, but probably worse. Along the same lines, Jesus said that whatever we ask for will be granted to us, as long as we ask for it in His name. This is a biblical legal disclaimer. What He was saying is that those things will be granted to us as long as they are in accordance to His will and His nature. God's power, bestowed onto man, would be a terrible curse.

True power, however, is demonstrated in living a life of peace, in loving our enemies, in forgiveness, humility, in a tame and encouraging tongue. All these things stem from our relationship with God, from our intimacy with Him, and from learning to walk by faith, following the leading of the Holy Spirit. Understanding how powerful He is, combined with His wisdom and loving-kindness towards us, will yield greater trust and intimacy with Him. It will lead to a life of true Christian power, which is our faith in Him.