More Than You Can Imagine

Ephesians 3:20

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One of my favorite passages in Scripture is Ephesians 3 verse 20. It always amazes me whenever I read it. The apostle Paul says,

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. (Ephesians 3:20)

The Apostle Paul had just been talking about how awesome God’s power is, and also his amazing love for us in Christ. And then he goes on to talk about God’s power being so great that he can do anything that you ask, anything that you ask or imagine, he says. And this always strikes me because I can imagine quite a lot of things. I can imagine some pretty big things. And the apostle is saying here, God can do it. Doesn’t matter what it is, God can do it.

I had this experience one time, maybe you’ve had similar. I went to a restaurant and my friend said to everyone “I’m paying, order whatever you want off the menu. Go ahead and have fun.” And so then that kind of open things up then. It’s kind of like, oh wow, what else is on here? Oh wow. The South African lobster tail looks fantastic.

You know, this is the kind of offer that God is making to you. Whatever you want, ask for it. Use your imagination. Stretch your imagination. And here’s the kicker, he says, not only can I do that, but I can do more than that. In fact, I can do so much more than that that you can’t even measure how much more I can do on top of what you can imagine.

What an invitation. We certainly want to take the Lord up on this offer. We can ask for things, earthly blessings, material blessings. Now when we do that, we always pray thy will be done, Lord, because we know some of those things can be harmful. And the Lord wants what’s best for us, and he knows what’s best. But the Lord also has this treasure house of spiritual blessings that he wants to give to you. Blessings for you and your soul. To deepen your faith, to fortify your faith. He has blessings for your family, for your church, for the greater kingdom. What can you imagine? What can you request of the Lord of these things?

Now sometimes we can doubt the power of the Lord, and that can limit our prayer. And also we can ask, well, why would the Lord do these things for me? And then we want to be reassured that you have such a compassionate Heavenly Father that loves you so much. He was willing to give up his only begotten son to die for you, so that you could have forgiveness, and that you could have the assurance of one day being in that heavenly mansion, if he was willing to do that for you, won’t he give you these other things also?

So take him up on the offer. Ask. Stretch your imagination. Do it now. He can do it. Amen.