He is Able to Do More

Now to Him who is able to do
exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us,
to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21, NKJV

This might very well be my favorite "He is able" Scripture. I know that God can do anything, or as Job says it, "My God can do everything". I have seen Him do alot of really cool stuff. I've seen healings and witnessed miracles and experienced His power and presence personally. I've received answers to my prayers, provisions for my needs. I even met a man who had been raised from the dead. I understand God's ability on an intellectual and experiential level. But what about the things I haven't seen or experienced? What about the things I'm still waiting on God for?

The Apostle Paul writes that God is able to do exceedingly abundantly more, immeasurably more, infinitely incalculably more that all that we ask or think put together. More than ALL we ask or think. I've asked God for alot; I'm still asking God for alot. And I have a vivid imagination. I can explain to Him how He ought to do it. But this verse says that as much as I can ask, as much as I can dream, God can still do more. So much much much more.

And He does it by the power that is already at work within us, the wonderful power of His Holy Spirit, which has already done an immeasurable work in me. The Holy Spirit has brought us to God, led us out of darkness into the Lord's marvelous light, out of bondage into freedom, out of sinfulness into sanctification. He has transformed us, changed us from the guttermost to the uttermost. He has done a mighty work in us. And it is through the Holy Spirit that God will do far above what He has already done. It is through the Spirit that God will blow our minds and our imaginations. It is through the Spirit that God will accomplish more than we thought was even possible.

Do you need something today? Is something no earthly power can supply? My God is able.

Do you have question no one can answer? My God is able.

Are you facing a difficulty beyond your wildest nightmares? My God is able.

Is there a mountain in your way? My God is able to move it. How about a river deep and wide? My God is able to cross it. Storms in your life? My God is able to still the winds and calm the seas. Dealing with deep-rooted problems? My God is able to pluck those trees up by the roots and cast them into the sea!

Are you looking an impossibility right in the eye? Those impossible situations are just opportunities for God to show up and show off for His glory. He loves to do that! Just ask Moses, or David, or Daniel, or Shadrach and his friends. Ask the heroes of faith. Ask the apostles. Ask Lazarus, whose situation couldn't have gotten any worse. He was dead and four days buried when Jesus showed up and said, "Roll back the stone!"

I know a God who is more than able, more than willing, more than ready to do good to them that love Him. He works all things out for His glory and the good of those who are called according to His purpose. He works all things according to the counsel of His own will, and none of His purposes are withheld from Him. I think a God who holds the entirety of existence in the palm of His hand is vastly more capable than I could possibly imagine to do what I need Him to do.

I just need to believe, and wait for Him to act. Because when He acts, He does all things well!