For generations many people have told us that the driving force behind us human beings is the will to power. Power is everything. In fact, God has often been viewed as one who gives power to God's special people. Ancient people prayed for God to give them power over the antelope and the buffalo, whose pictures they drew on the walls of caves. The ancient mariners prayed to Proteus for power over the sea. In our day and time, money is power. So we have prayed for that power and tried to help God along by having power lunches, dressing for success and majoring in business. From age to age the perspective is the same: God is powerful and certainly God can help us get some power, as well.

You learn much about life and power from living in a college dormitory. I've always had a special place i…