“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, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

How important is imagination to you? Remember as a kid using our imagination to play? We may have created worlds, stories, characters all by imagining what could be. Sadly, for many of us, practicing our imagination slowed down as we became adults. Honestly, this is a tragedy.

Reading brilliant fiction like C.S. Lewis and his space trilogy, Perelandra, or Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings stirs our imagination and helps us exercise a muscle that is actually vital to the Christian life.

In Ephesians 3:20, when Paul says, “more abundantly than all that we ask or think,” the English word “think” is the Greek word noeo, which deals with imagination. Paul expects us to think and imagine in anticipation of all that God would do for us, and reminds us that the spot where our imagination is exhausted, the good things God has for us expands even beyond that.

God’s intended and desired good for us is beyond our imagination and is possible because it is rooted in the power of the Spirit within us. (Ephesians 1:19)

There are some things that we ask God.
There are some things that we think but do not ask because we are afraid they are “too much.”
There are other things to which we could pray that are so grand, we haven’t even thought to pray them yet.

“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

God is not just able – He is MORE than able! 🙌🏻

The depth of God’s Word is amazing. Lingering in these two verses this morning blessed and convicted me in a NEW way. This morning when I woke up, I was thinking of my prayer journal and all of the prayers the Lord has answered and then out of nowhere I had the thought of “hmmm, I haven’t lifted up any BIG BOLD prayers in awhile”… I moved along in the morning not really thinking about that again until this morning’s Bible time.

The Lord really met me and expanded upon this mornings waking thought through these two verses.

❤️🙌🏻🤯