223. Power that Works
Ephesians 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us.
God promises a power that works in us. Power is strength or might; it is the ability to do something, to get things done, to make something happen. The power that works in us is the Gospel. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation. The Gospel actually and effectively saves us from the enemies that are trying to destroy and kill us. Sin, Death, and the Devil are too powerful for any of us to overcome with our own strength. I do not even have the ability to come to Jesus, to believe in Him, to decide for Jesus, or do anything for God at all. Without the Gospel I am lost and condemned, and I will remain that way unless acted upon from the outside. The Word and the Spirit are that external force that enters into our spirit through the Gospel.
We can trust that power to work. It really does what it says it will do. Something really happens: we are truly changed, saved, forgiven, and blessed. It is not magic, and it is not a fantasy. Salvation is something real and powerful that happens to us and in us. The Gospel is not only life changing; it is also earth shattering, death defying, and sin destroying. The awesome power that works in us is truly beyond natural belief.
God really does the impossible: He saves us. He is “able to do.”The Lord can do whatever we can ask or think of, which is amazing in itself; but he can do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. We ask, and God gives more; we think of something, and God thinks of something better. The words “exceeding abundantly” are hard to believe, but God does the impossible: He gives us faith to believe these words.He has already done great things for us, and He is doing great things in us, and more, the future is securely in His hands and eternity is a certainty. Jesus is the God who is able. Not only can He do, but also He willdo. We can turn to Him in any need, for any prayer, and trust Him to accomplish even more than we can imagine.