Ephesians 3:20-21 – God is able

There’s power in prayer because we have a powerful God who answers prayer. As we reflect on verse 20, Paul indicates seven facts that made Him so powerful. These seven reflections about God will enable us to know that God’s answer to prayer is a sure thing, no matter how difficult our circumstances may be.

Firstly, there’s a certainty about God’s ability to answer our request because He is all-powerful. Secondly, we know that He is an active God, and not a passive idling one. Thirdly, He will listen to all that we ask for and answer them as He deems fit, for He can see everything surrounding our lives. Fourthly, His answers are customized to fit our needs for He sees beyond what we think, because He knows our thoughts. Fifthly, He can do more than our request for His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. Sixthly, He answers abundantly because there’s no limit to His capacity. And finally, He is able to do abundantly beyond, because He is the God of the super-abundance.

With these thoughts about God, Paul burst out into praise again. He praised God for His glory in the Church. God’s glory is expressed and manifested in the Church. Furthermore that glory is the visible expression of God’s invisible perfection. The apostle also praised the glory in Christ Jesus because this glory is also expressed through Christ. Finally, he praised God for His everlasting glory that will be seen for all generations forever and ever.

Remember what the prophet Jeremiah said. “Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You…” (Jeremiah 32:17). Truly, we serve an awesome God, Who deserves all the praise and glory!