More Than We Can Ask For or Imagine

Ephesians 3:30-21. “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

Most of us can ask for and imagine a lot! Maybe you have read this verse before and wondered whether you would ever actually see this happen in your life. Is someone you care about sick? You ask God and imagine that person restored to good health. Have you lost your job? You ask God and imagine working in a great job. Is a relationship strained to the breaking point? You ask God and imagine the relationship being as it once was. You think, “What is it that I can’t even imagine?”

I would encourage you to think about a situation that worked out not only in an unexpected manner but with a result that was better than what you had hoped. Further, I would love to read some of these stories in this blog, so write away!

God has done so many remarkable things in my life that I have come to expect the unexpected. At the same time, I have gown to understand that my concept of what is ideal is often far from God’s concept – and his concept is always better!

Just last week I had a situation involving work. I had an opportunity that I saw as having two mutually exclusive outcomes. To accept the opportunity meant having to say no to another activity. To reject the opportunity was the only way I saw of retaining that other activity, which was important to me. So I was praying that God would give me wisdom to choose and that his will would be done.

I never imagined that I could do both. I never even imagined… But God did, and he made it possible for me to do both. As the verse says, to him be the glory, for his power is at work in you and me!