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The Power That Works in Us
Ephesians 3:20
God is the source of our power - unlimited ability to supply all the
power we need in order to manifest a superior spiritual quality of life
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“Can do” communicates that nothing is too hard, no matter how big or
tough the mission is. Our God is a can-do God! Anything that God has promised,
He is able to perform, and He has given us hundreds of promises in His Word to
claim.
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God wants us to clearly perceive the exceeding magnitude and excellence
of the power He can exert for those of us who believe. He demonstrated this
power when He raised Jesus Christ from the dead and placed him in a position of
excellence far above any other power.
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As we reach out to others with God’s
prevailing Word, we sometimes encounter challenges that seem overwhelming.
We may wonder whether we can bring the same
kind of deliverance to these situations that Jesus Christ was able to bring to
those he encountered.
At times like these, we must go to God’s
Word to get the strength and encouragement we need.
Ephesians 3:20 is a tremendous go-to verse
in these situations.
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” - Ephesians 3:20:
This verse explodes with power and
abundance!
But how do we tap into this power?
How do we unlock, unleash, and “upload”
this power to a greater degree in our lives and in helping others?
Let’s focus on Ephesians 3:20 to engrave
two great realities into our thinking:
(1) God can do, and
(2) we can do.
Strengthened with these truths, we can put
our believing into action as we see it big, dare to do, and walk valiantly for
God.
Like the believers in the first century, we
can believe and utilize the superlative power God has freely given us to see
His Word prevail, changing people’s lives for the better in our day and time.
First let’s focus on God can do. He is the
source of our power.
“Now unto him [God] that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think...” - Ephesians 3:20:
The first part of Ephesians 3:20 describes
God’s unlimited ability to supply all the power we need in order to manifest a
superior spiritual quality of life.
First, it mentions God “that is able to do.”
The Greek word translated “to do” means to make, form, or produce
something tangible.
The Greek word translated “that is able” means to have (inherent
and moral) power.
It is also translated “can” in the Bible.
I like to think of it as saying “God can do!”
To those of us with military backgrounds, “can do” communicates that nothing is
too hard, no matter how big or tough the mission is. Our God is a can-do God!
How able is God?
What can He do?
Well, the Word tells us that with God,
nothing shall be impossible (Luke 1:37).
Things that are impossible with men are
possible with God (Matthew
19:26, Mark 10:27, and Luke 18:27).
Anything that God has promised, He is able
to perform (Romans
4:21),
and He has given us hundreds of promises in His Word to claim.
Ephesians 3:20 goes
on to express the magnitude of God’s can-do ability as “exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.”
Not just “above,” not just “exceeding above” — God can do “exceeding
abundantly above” all that we ask or think, when we ask and think according
to what He has promised in His Word!
This “exceeding
abundantly above” can-do ability was demonstrated in Genesis 1 when God
created the heavens and the earth.
Do you know how big the universe is?
No one knows for sure, but to give you an
idea of its vastness, astronomers have calculated that the Andromeda Galaxy (a
huge mass of stars in the northern sky) is 2.4 to 3 million light-years from
earth.
A light-year (the distance light travels in
a vacuum in a year) is almost 6 trillion miles (nearly 9.5 trillion
kilometers).
If it is 3 million light-years away from
us, then the Andromeda Galaxy is about 18 quintillion miles (almost 29
quintillion kilometers) from earth.
That’s the number 18 (or almost 29) with
eighteen zeros after it!
This distance alone almost exceeds
comprehension.
Yet, the Andromeda Galaxy is considered a
local galaxy, only a fraction of the distance astronomers have observed into
the universe.
The size of the universe God created is
greater than we can comprehend. It is astronomical!
Within the universe, astronomers estimate
there are billions of galaxies, many of which contain several hundred billion
stars.
This demonstration of God’s power in
creating the heavens and the earth shows us His can-do ability is exceeding
abundantly above all we can ask or think!
Therefore, the power that He is able to
supply to us is capable of accomplishing astronomically above anything we could
ever want or need according to His Word.
Ephesians 1 also describes God’s can-do
ability as follows:
“And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to
us-ward who believe, according to the working [energeia, energizing] of his
mighty power,
“Which he wrought [energeō, energized] in Christ, when
he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly
places,
“Far above all principality, and power, and might, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in
that which is to come:
“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him
to be the head over all things to the church,
“Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all
in all.” -
Ephesians 1:19-23
God wants us to clearly perceive the
exceeding magnitude and excellence of the power He can exert for those of us
who believe.
He demonstrated this power when He raised
Jesus Christ from the dead and placed him in a position of excellence far above
any other power.
This tells us that there is no other power
more excellent than God’s, and no authority on earth greater than the authority
God has given us in the name of Jesus Christ….
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