God is Able, part 1

The title of our study for this week is “God is Able.” Before we get into this study or even read the scripture passage below, we should each ask ourselves, “Do I really believe that God is Able, in my circumstance, with my illness, in my marriage, with my kids, in my struggle, for my retirement, if I pay tithes and give to missions…? We could go on and on asking, “Is God really able?”
 

Ephesians 3:14-21 “When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, 15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. 16 I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
 

20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. 21 Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen” NLT. 

Now, the word “able” refers to the power one has by virtue of inherent ability and resources. “Able” describes that which has sufficient, or necessary power, means, skill, or resources to accomplish an objective.

Friends, God is able to exceed your expectation. He is able to do infinitely more (another translation says, “exceedingly abundantly more than you can ask or imagine”). God is able to do the humanly impossible in our lives.

How many of you have experienced God doing the humanly impossible in your life? It is good for us to be reminded of God’s ability to answer and to do all that we ask and request. Never forget: He has the power and the ability to do all that we ask of Him or can even imagine Him doing.
 

Therefore, friends, we should be bold and courageous in our praying.  Let’s bring what we consider to be our most impossible requests to God. Let’s be bold to bring all our wildest dreams to God, for there is absolutely no danger of any of us, or all of us combined, ever exhausting God’s ability or power to answer.

Continued tomorrow