Exceedingly and abundantly powerful!

REPOST from a post by Scott on January 12, 2009

Ephesians 3:20-21 is a doxology Paul places in this letter to the Ephesians. A doxology you might ask is a praise or glory given to Almighty God. Every prayer should have a doxology if not entire prayers most of the time. Think about our prayers for a minute. How much time do we honestly spend in praise and glorifying our God compared to the amount of time we spend asking for something. It is absolutely amazing the time spent in “asking”.

Of course, God wants us to come to Him and ask. He already knows what we will ask for, but He still wants that open line of communication with us to ask for anything in accordance with His will. As true Believers we should have in mind that which God wants not really what we want in the flesh. In taking a closer look at this doxology at the end of chapter 3 from Paul to the Ephesians we find out much more than we might imgaine.

When we ask or confirm something of God, in accordance with what we believe He wants for us, it would be good to do so with this mindset:

1. God has the power to do whatever He wants to do…He is our Sovereign Lord.

2. God can produce, make, or fashion in us whatever He desires…He is our Sovereign Lord.

3. God can go far beyond in delivering what we have ask or begged for. He can go exceedingly, unthinkably far beyond anything we can even dream up or think in our minds. Think of asking in these terms: desiring, craving, begging, calling out for that which God has placed on our hearts to ask for…He is our Sovereign Lord.

4. God does this in accordance with His power, His unending ability that He has put on display within our lives..He is our Sovereign Lord.

5. God’s exceeding abundance is a great reflection of His inexhaustible fullness of mercy and grace. The “well” can never be overdrawn. The “well” of God’s grace and mercy will never go dry. We are always welcome at this “well”. Remember Psalm 81:10 “Open your mouth wide and I will fill it with good things.” (NLT) He is our Sovereign Lord.

6. God’s power is all-sufficient and almightly powerful that He has saved each of us as Believers. This same power (awesome ability) is the power that was able to take a spiritually dead bag of bones like me and bring it to Himself in salvation. No one has this kind of power except God…no one! He is our Sovereign Lord.

7. God is looking for excellencies and praises to be ascribed towards Him in our prayers…He is our Sovereign Lord.

8. God provided us with a mediator in Jesus Christ His Son…He is our Sovereign Lord.

9. All of the praises and glories that we garble towards God goes through the hand of Jesus Christ our great mediator (high priest)…He is our Sovereign Lord.

10. All of graces, mercies, and gifts that come to us from our heavenly Father comes through that same hand of Jesus Christ our Lord…He is our Sovereign Lord.

So, this is how I offer up this doxology personally for me this morning:

“Finally, O Sovereign God, who has the awesome ability to produce unthinkably far beyond what I have desired or begged for or can even fathom in my small mind to ask for, according to Your great power that is constantly on display in my life daily, it is to You, my Almighty God that all the honors and glory and praises through my perfect Lord Jesus Christ be lifted up and may they be lifted up from every generation for ever and ever! AMEN.”

Just remember while praying to give God the praise and glory for your life today…He is our Sovereign Lord.


References:

-Matthew Henry Commentaries

-Logos Strong’s Lexicon Greek guide

-NIV Bible, NLT Bible, KJV Bible, & NASB Bible

*This was copied from an original post dated January of 2009.