Unto Him Who Is Able

Now unto him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

Ephesians 3:20

Our desires often do not match our ability.  We may have aspirations to accomplish many things, yet when we attempt those things we find that we are unable to succeed.  The Holy Trinity is never unable to accomplish all that they intend.  Because God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass and governs over all His creatures and all of their affairs, nothing surprises Him, nor is anything to hard for Him.  As Paul is concluding his prayer for his spiritual children, he utters a doxology to God ‘who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.’  Here is the confidence which we have, that our God is able.  In context, He ‘is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.’  Paul relates this directly to what God does in us through our relationship with Christ.  We are utterly unable to accomplish the development of our own spirituality by our own will or intent.  It is the work of the Holy Spirit which is ‘the power that works in us.’  He renews us in the whole person.  He causes us to have desires to make use of the means of grace.  He enables us to die more and more to sin and to live unto righteousness.  He is able, and He does.  This is exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.

Our All-powerful God,
we rejoice that You do all things well.
We praise You that, what You do in us,
and in all other places,
is exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning