What can God do? Maybe we should turn that around and ask, “What can’t God do?” Can you think of anything?
For instance, that problem you’re grappling with right now? Because you’re so close to it, it may seem bigger than God. But keep listening. There’s hope!
I’m always fascinated by the description the apostle Paul gives of what God can do. He tells us that God “is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.”
Wait a minute, Paul. In order to really grasp that in a practical way, I need to break it down into bite-size truths. You are saying that God is able to do—
- What I ask
- Immeasurably more than all I ask
- What I can imagine
- All I imagine—well, you get the picture.
Wow! That’s mind-boggling!
But there’s more. In that same verse Paul explains that God does these things by the power that raised Jesus from the dead. If God could raise Jesus from the dead, doesn’t it follow that He can meet you at the point of your neediness? Absolutely! That power is not merely an abstract power God keeps to Himself to be used only for creating planets and stars and universes. He can help us with His mighty power in answer to our prayers. Our part is to ask in faith and then let Him engineer.
No doubt that problem you face seems impossible to you—right now you don’t see any way out. But God tells us He “is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” by the power with which He raised Jesus from the dead.
When you put yourself and your dilemma in the middle of that verse, what part of your problem is too big for God?
