God is Able, part 3

The Dimension of His Ability

He is ABLE, to save to the uttermost. The author of Hebrews puts it this way in Hebrews 7:25: “Therefore He is able also to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them” NIV. Jesus took our place that we might have His peace. He took our sin that we might have His salvation. When God saves us, all the sins we had committed to that point in our life are forgiven and forgotten forever.
 

He is ABLE to help those who are tempted. Hebrews 2:18 says, “Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is Able to help those who are being tempted” NIV. The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand in times of challenge and controversy.
 

He is ABLE to bring all things under His control. Philippians 3:21 says, “He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like His own, using the same power with which He will bring everything under His control” NLT. Listen, friends, God can take that which is even of no use and make it wonderful.
 

He is ABLE to deliver from the fires of life. Listen to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as they speak the confidence of their hearts, in Daniel 3:17, “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty” NLT. The Devil will always try to scare us with the fiery furnace, threatening us that unless we bow, we will burn. In whatever fiery furnace we may be facing, or even passing through, right now, we need to remain steadfast in our trust in God for deliverance.
 

Look at God’s promise as He states that He is Able and we should not worry: Isaiah 43:2-3, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior…” NIV (emphasis mine).
 

He is ABLE to build us up. Acts 20:32 says, “And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those He set apart for Himself” NLT. 

He is ABLE to do above our expectations or imaginations. 

We’ve read this already, but look at it again, Ephesians 3:20 says, “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” NLT (emphasis mine). He cannot be predicted or limited. He is able to do what mankind cannot conceive or imagined. For instance, when the Israelites got to the Red Sea and the Egyptian Army was behind them, they could not conceive or imagine that God would be able to make a path – of dry ground – through the Sea. Or, when Jesus had been preaching for days and wanted to feed the crowd made up of thousands of people, with a few fish and loaves of bread, the disciples could not conceive or imagine a way that, that could be possible.

Continued tomorrow