Our God is Able

"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen."- Ephesians 3:20-21

In December I was greatly blessed to attend a "Deeper Still" conference in Oklahoma City featuring the amazing teachings of both Beth Moore and Priscilla Shirer. Truly, these women are incredibly talented women of the Word who know how to give it to you straight.

That weekend Priscilla spoke on the above passage from Ephesians and her words have stuck with me to this day, nine months later, and struck me again this afternoon as I was continuing in prayer for Ella Dawn's life. I found more detailed notes of Priscilla's message here, but I wanted to share one of the highlights in this post.

She emphasized the phrase "abundantly beyond" - which in the New King James Version is translated "exceedingly abundantly above all" - and the fact that this phrase, literally translated becomes "beyond beyond" - meaning God doesn't just go a little beyond what we can imagine when we come to Him in prayer, but he goes "beyond beyond" - exceedingly abundantly beyond.

How amazing is that?!

So, right now, when my prayer life is almost completely engulfed in pleading for this baby girl's life, we have in the Scripture a description of a God, OUR God, who is able to go exceedingly abundantly beyond ALL we can ask. Meaning He has the power to not only grant Ella life on this Earth, but he has the power to take that further and grant her a completely healed heart, with no remnant of the damage with which she was born, to carry out a life that will be abundantly more than we ever dreamed to ask for.

That is the power our God has.

Now, I thoroughly understand that God ultimately knows what is best for Ella and that end may not be what we envision, but that does not mean our God is any less powerful.

What a mighty God we serve!

And on one final note, this is how that verse is interpreted in the Amplified Bible:

"Now to Him Who . . . is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams] . . . " - Ephesians 3:20

Yay, God :)