DEVOTION - Day 10

Ephesians 3:20 (New International Version)

²⁰ 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,


Before I begin today’s devotional commentary, I wanted to take a moment to challenge you to read more than just my post from this point forward. I want to challenge you to take out your own Bible (and if you don’t have one, come see me and I’ll give you one) and read the entire chapter that I am quoting a verse from.

In doing this, it will give you the context of the Scripture. I don’t always take the time to give you the context around the verse and, with the context; you will be given a richer understanding of why Paul or any other author is saying what is being said in the verse we are looking at. And, you never know, God may say something to you in a completely different Scripture than the one that I pick…

But, today, let’s look at the 3rd chapter of Ephesians where Paul is giving us something to think about and something that should make us consider our own faith a little deeper. Let me say first that we often pray to God with a laundry list of things that we want from Him. We fit Him in the box that we’ve created for Him in our own mind and we ask Him for things that fit that mold.

Here, we see that Paul challenges us to go deeper in our faith. He reminds us that God is bigger than the immediate need that we have. As we pray for things, we should keep Jesus’ example of the “Lord’s Prayer” in mind and say that no matter what we are asking for “Your will be done.” Because we may find that His answer may be more than we can “imagine.”

What things are you seeking God for right now that you have confined Him and His answer to? Where are you limiting the awesomeness of God in your life not allowing Him to answer in a way that is farther than your imagination can take you? What things in your life do you need to understand that what you could ask for is not even close to the answer that God wants to give you?

For me, I have been having some struggles with my job. I have gotten a new boss and I have a new team of peers that I am working with. In the midst of this circumstance, I have decided that there are 2 desired outcomes – change my current job situation to a more favorable one or change my job. However, as I read this Scripture, I am reminded that I need to shut up, stop limiting God to my 2 outcomes, and understand that He may bless me beyond what my feeble imagination could ever come up with and my situation will probably be better than what I could have ever dreamed.

So, today, ask God to show you the areas where you have limited Him and His power. Pray that as you come to Him in prayer that you will not place Him in your box and that you will give Him the freedom to work in miraculous, “immeasurable” ways. Finally, seek Him today in a new way that allows your situations to truly be placed in His capable, loving hands expecting something bigger than your creativity will take you.