A central characteristic of the Christian doctrine of God is the description of God as the creator of the world. With regard to God's power, it can be asked whether this creation goes hand in hand with a self-limitation for God, a self-retraction of his power as creator This idea can be found in various forms both in the hermeneutical theology of Eberhard Jüngel and in the process theological thinking of Joseph Bracken. In my paper, I will reflect on God's relationship to the world he has created, focussing in particular on the significance of God's power. According to Jüngel, through the transitive act of 'ursprüngliches Anfangen', God gives the beginning to the other of himself - to creation and thus to what we call the world. For this to be possible, God must take himself back. Jüngel develops the idea of self-withdrawal as an act of divine consideration. However, it is not a complete self-emptying. God is the love that shares his power with the creatures without losing that power himself. Therefore, for Jüngel, love alone is omnipotent. Bracken, on the other hand, abandons the idea of omnipotence. With reference to Whitehead, he develops a panentheistic metaphysics. In his approach, creation leads to a permanent restriction for the inherently independent and free God. Even if God would have been free not to create the world before creation, after creation he is dependent on the co-operation of his creatures.