What does Paul mean when he says in verse 20, “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us?” Is this a blank check for anything we want? What is the context?
In this chapter Paul is praying, kneeling in prayer, in humility before God asking for certain things for the Ephesian church. Can we claim this prayer for ourselves? Yes, I think so. It is a prayer that expresses God’s will for all His own.
These things Paul prays for are: that you be strengthened in your inner being by His Spirit, that Christ would dwell in your hearts by faith, that you be rooted and grounded in love, that you know the love of Christ, that you be filled with all fulness of God.
May we desire that God do exceeding abundantly above in our lives in all these things asked.
SDG,
Lisa
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