preaching with power

Here I am, sitting up on a Saturday night, reflecting upon the service, thinking about the service tomorrow. And I am struck with an insight:

Messages are not spoken with power because their speakers are not living with power.

In a positive light, the sentence would read like this:

Messages are spoken with power because their speaker is living in power.

And even more complete:

God's messages through his people are spoken with power because his people are living in his power.

Oh God, my God, why do I not choose to live in your power?