“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us” – Ephesians 3:20
If you believe in Jesus, if He’s your Lord, then you have access to far greater power than you can begin to imagine! Unfortunately, as humans we tend to think far too little of God. That doesn’t just refer to our tendency to just remember God and His power when faced with a problem we can’t handle. More significantly, this means that when we do think about God, we tend to imagine Him as a more powerful version of us. That is far, far, far too small!
God is infinitely greater, wiser, and more capable than we are. He is able to do more than we can ask or imagine. He operates in ways we can’t begin to understand. This makes it all the more extraordinary if we stop to contemplate His Spirit at work within each believer in Jesus! That infinite power resides within us! God is able to do far more and far greater than we think when we come to Him in prayer.
We need to stop asking God for specific solutions and start asking for His solution. We think too little of God when we go to Him in prayer from a self-centered, “I’ve got this all figured out” perspective. It isn’t wrong to ask for things we want, but it often thinks too little of God’s power. The all-good, all-wise, all-powerful, ever-present God of the Universe doesn’t just hear our prayers and fill us with His Spirit to serve as some sort of ATM in the sky or cosmic Santa Claus giving us whatever we want. That is thinking far, far too little of God!
God’s power is available for us to glorify Him. To honor Him. To transform us radically as we make disciples of Jesus. When we learn to pray in His will, for His Kingdom, for His purposes, then our understanding of God and His infinite power at work within us begins to expand. Praying in God’s will rather than merely for our momentary desires opens us up to witness the breathtaking, unlimited power of God in our lives and in our world. Christian, think far more and greater about God!
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