-But wait - there’s more! Yes, Paul is asking God to reveal one more thing, and that is how surpassingly great God’s power is towards those who believe. And again, we really have no clue. We struggle and stumble, two steps forward and one or two and sometimes three steps back, inching forward as best we can in our own strength, and therein lies the problem. We try to make progress towards heaven in our own feeble finite strength, when in fact the unlimited power of almighty God is constantly at our disposal. Scripture tells us that we are impotent, unable to do even one good thing apart from Him, our own best efforts nothing more than filthy rags. And at the same time, the God Who made everything out of nothing and for Whom no thing is impossible lives inside of us! The very Power that flung out and fuels a billion billion stars in each of which a hundred million nuclear bombs is expoding every second of every day is the same Power that lives and works in and through me, surpassingly great, so far beyond anything on earth, defying explanation and description. Paul has seen this power at work in and through his own life, power to work miracles, power to overcome, power to persevere, power unleashed through prayer. Which is precisely why Paul is praying now...
-He is saying, if only we knew, if only we knew the hope, the riches, the power at our disposal. Life would be different. We would live differently. We would pray differently (more), we would expect differently (more), we would settle-for-less differently (less). Our lives would be full of hope! Our lives would begin to show off the greatness of God. We are children and heirs of the King of the universe - He loves us, and lives inside of us with all the power at His disposal. God, show them, show us Your hope, Your riches, Your power! Blow our minds and change our world(s) for Your glory, for You are glorious, and gloriously worthy of nothing less...!
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