Romans 8:11 - Power of Life by the Spirit

Romans 8:11 "But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you." (KJV)

Sometimes I have to read a scripture over and over and meditate upon it before I begin to understand the full impact of it.  Romans 8:11 is one of those scriptures. It's a powerful verse and easy to camp out on for a long time. Think about how much power is needed to raise someone from the dead.  How about doing that after they have been dead for three days?  I don't know of anyone with the ability to do that in their own human strength, no matter how physically fit or intellectually savvy they are. Raising a dead person after three days goes against the order of all that is natural. Only God can do that!  But look, the above scripture states that we have that very same Spirit living on the inside of us!  What power, what might!  It truly brings to light and better interprets what Apostle Paul meant when he later wrote in Romans 8:31, "What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"  Oh why, oh why do we fear when greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4)?

Now the Lord could have stopped there just letting us know that His great power resides in our very beings because that is glorious news alone, but He didn't.  He continued on in the same thought, same sentence, to bring our cup to overflowing, immersing us in His super-abundance.  He said through the Apostle Paul that the Holy Spirit will also give life to our mortal bodies.  Isn't that wonderful news?  God deliberately used the word "mortal" because He wanted us to know that this promise was indeed for our physical bodies today on this earth, here and now.  Our Heavenly bodies will no longer be mortal, but eternal.  (A quick note: the Greek word for "quicken" is zōopoieō (zō-o-poi-e'-ō) which means to restore to life; endued with new and greater powers of life; to give increase of life: thus of physical life.)

God is forever looking out for us to bless and increase us.  He cares about every detail of our life.  I ask again, what is there to fear with so great a power as the Holy Spirit dwelling on the inside of us?