Good Morning Friends,
“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.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)
Can you imagine Moses standing by the Red Sea? The
sea was in front of him. The Egyptian army was behind him. The rock cliffs were
on the sides. There was nowhere to go to escape the danger. God had brought him
and his people to this place, but Moses could not imagine how God could rescue
them. He didn’t even know what to ask for! Then, God told him to stick his
staff into the water and at the moment it touched the water the sea parted and
the people could walk across on dry ground. That was not something Moses asked
for. That was not something he could even imagine that God could do.
Can you imagine how Enoch felt right at the end
of his life? He had a great relationship with God, the Bible says he “walked
with God.” He was ready to leave the world and be with God for eternity. The
only way he’d ever heard of anyone leaving this earth was through death. He
could imagine God taking him to heaven through death. He could even ask for that.
But God did something Enoch did not ask for, something he could not even
imagine. God took Enoch to heaven without death – he just was gone!
Mary was a young virgin. She knew that some
woman would be chosen to bring the Messiah into the world. She heard the Old
Testament prophecies. I doubt that she had ever asked to be the one. She
couldn’t imagine that God would choose someone as unknown as her. She was
shocked when the angel came to tell her the news. It was more than she asked
for. It was more than she ever imagined God would do through her.
How many more stories can you think of that
tell of what God has done in the lives of His people. Things they didn’t ask
for. Things they never even imagined that He might do in them or through them!
God is not bound by our requests. He can work
beyond what we ask for. He is not bound by our imagination. He can work beyond
what we even dream possible.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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