Who turned off the lights?

The other day I was in the grocery store when the lights went out. Considering the current economic climate, I couldn't help but wonder if they forgot to pay their electric bill. But I think someone probably knocked over a telephone pole in the neighborhood.
God's power is like the electricity that powers our homes. The Bible says that God's power supply for us is always on. It was paid in full through eternity by Jesus Christ. However, sometimes we turn off the switch or the power is disrupted because of a breakdown of some sort. We have the power available to live the life that God intends for us to live. We have the power abundantly supplied to help us through life's difficulties, like school, or jobs, or to accomplish the work that God has asked us to do. But too many times, we turn off the switch. We turn our back on the Holy Spirit by doing the opposite of what God's word tells us to do. We essentially quench the Holy Spirit by choosing to sin.
2 Peter 1:3 says that God's divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness... God has given us the power to live a victorious, joyful life through Christ. It's available for us to use. Whether we do or not is up to us.