Empowerment, as the fourth dynamic of our charism related to our primary discipline of governing, anoints us to govern. This empowerment is from above and not of this world, or as the Scripture says, “ ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts” (Zech. 4:6). This is the type of empowerment Jesus Himself operated by when He said, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you” (Matt. 12:28). While Jesus was fully God, He did not use His inherent power as the Son of God to do all that He did, but rather His empowerment came “by the Spirit” as He lived and operated as the Son of Man. Specifically as applied to governing, Jesus also said, “I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me” (Jn. 5:30). Jesus is the first human being to exercise empowerment fully, instantly and joyfully in the way that the Father has always intended for mankind to exercise empowerment for governing and ruling. Not only is such empowerment “from above” (meaning it is thus exercised according to the Apostolic Rule of Faith), but it is also chivalric. Chivalric empowerment sacrificially works to advance victory over evil in ways that actually replace evil with good (kingdomculturally), verses running from evil (subculturally) or attempting to rule over evil (counterculturally). Chivalric empowerment remains obedient to God’s will, exhausting evil, which results in the empowerment of the fatherless, widowed, poor, oppressed, prisoners and sick.
Also see Convergence, Judgment, Passion, Transformation, and Wisdom.