Bigger than you can think

This verse closes one of the prayers Paul prays for the churches in Ephesians:

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV)
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Exceedingly abundantly. Immeasurably (NIV). Infinitely more (NLT). Superabundantly, far over and above (Amplified). What’s it mean?

If you can think about God doing something, if you can imagine God doing something, then you’re still thinking too small, compared to what He is able to do. Oral Roberts used to have a sign on his desk that read “Make no little plans here.”

But the second thought here is HOW God will accomplish it: through His mighty power at work within us (NLT). God wants to partner with us, just as He partnered with man in the garden. God brought the animals and man named them (Genesis 2:18-20). He wants to show us by His word and by the ways He leads us what our potential can be, and He wants to partner with us to accomplish it.

Doug