We have been at Glacier Park the last few days. We are enjoying time with friends.
It’s a working vacation and we have been able to enjoy some of the beauty of creation. Imagine God’s joy in creating such a beautiful place!
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about using our imagination. If you’ve ever been to Glacier you must admit that it is simply gorgeous.
What if the things that God imagined and created were only in black and white or drab gray or green. No Grand Canyon, no Glacier Park, no beautiful red cardinals or blue jays. Gone would be the brightly colored flowers and trees that blossom. The sunrise and set of each day would be nothing to enjoy.
Oh but they aren’t. Thank God for his amazing imagination!
The Lord wants us to be creative and use our imaginations as well. In fact, He has told us that His promises and blessings to us go beyond what we can image, beyond anything that we could ask or think.
Are you living in that kind of blessing? Sometimes – sometimes I am just so overwhelmed by what God has done – it’s beyond my imagination.
Is your life filled with things that are beyond your ability; beyond your ability to even think or imagine? Would you like it to be? There’s a key element that must be present for this type of blessing to overflow into your circumstances.
What you ask? Simple. The power of God!
“With God’s power working in us, he can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of. 21 To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 ERV
Why would He do this you may ask? So that He can receive the glory for the good that He pours out on your life!
God the Father has always wanted to have His goodness and love known in the earth because as the Apostle Paul wrote it is the goodness of God that draws men to relationship with Him (repentance).
When Jesus walked this earth and healed the sick, raised the dead, cleansed the lepers, spoke with love and compassion to those who were hurting, people were drawn to Him. For the first time in their lives they saw unconditional love!
That unconditional love changed people. The tax collector gave back money to everyone he had cheated; the demon possessed were restored to their right minds; the prostitute left her way of life and followed Jesus. The disciples gave up their livelihood to follow this man. The thief on the cross defended him with his dying breath!
What was the dynamic force that changed and has changed million of lives through the ages? Love! God’s amazing love.
Each one of these people I mentioned above saw their lives changed by the power of God working through them, doing exceedingly above all they could ask or think. They had a grasp of God’s love.
Now look at the verses just prior to the 2 I have already used above.
“So I bow in prayer before the Father. 15 Every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name from him. 16 I ask the Father with his great glory to give you the power to be strong in your spirits. He will give you that strength through his Spirit. 17 I pray that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love. 18 And I pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love—how wide, how long, how high, and how deep that love is. 19 Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything God has for you.
20 With God’s power working in us, he can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of.” Ephesians 3:14-20 ERV
In knowing God, being in right relationship with Him, He strengthens us in faith and love. The love of God is so great that it’s impossible to understand with the human mind. The only way to truly understand it is to experience it!
When we begin to experience that love, His compassion, His UNCONDITIONAL love and see that He accepts us as we are; knowing that we can’t earn it or deserve it, we begin to grow in understanding of its depth, its height, its width and its length. God’s love knows no bounds!
And once we begin to know, truly know, the love of God we will experience the power of God working in us and through us for His glory!
Take some time today to meditate on God’s love for you and you will see the circumstances of your life begin to change!
His power will work in you!!