EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY

"Bow unto Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly ABOVE all that
we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, unto HIM be
glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without
end. Amen." Ephesians 3:20, 21

"In the great prayer which Paul just prayed (see previous verses in
Chapter 3 of Ephesians), he had apparently reached the highest
expression possible of the life to which God's mighty power could bring
the believer. In this doxology he rises still higher and lifts us up to
give glory to God as "able to do exceedingly abundantly ABOVE all that
we ask or think." Pause a moment to think that EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY
means."

Think of the words, "the exceeding great and precious promises." Think
of "the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe according
to the working of the strength of His might which He wrought in Christ
when He raised Him from the dead." Think of the grace of our Lord as
exceeding abundantly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus, so
that where sin abounded grace did abound more exceedingly.

He lifts our hearts to give glory to God as able to do "exceedingly
abundantly ABOVE all that we ask or think," according to the greatness
of that power which works in us, nothing less that the exceeding
greatness of the power that raised Christ Jesus from the dead. And as
our hearts begin to feel that there is here a prospect of something that
God will work in us beyond all our imagination, He lifts our hearts to
join in the universal chorus: "Now unto HIM be the glory in the Church
in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, forever and ever, Amen!

As we worship and adore, the call comes to believe in this Almighty God,
who is working in our hearts, according to His mighty power, able and
willing to fulfill every one of His exceeding great and precious
promises, and, where sin abounded, to prove that grace abounds more
exceedingly."

Editorial Comment: I started to type this and "accidentally type "Bow"
unto Him rather than "Now" unto Him. But Andrew Murray's concluding
statement is interesting ...

"Paul began this great prayer, "I bow my knees to the Father." He ends
it by bringing us to our knees, to give glory to Him as able to fulfill
EVERY promise, to reveal Christ dwelling in our hearts and keep us in
that life of love which leads to being filled with all the fullness of
God. Child of God, BOW in deep adoration, giving glory to God, until
your heart learns to believe: the prayer will be fulfilled, Jesus Christ
will dwell in my heart by faith. Faith in this Almighty God, and the
exceeding abundance of His grace and power will teach us that the
abiding indwelling of Christ in the heart is the secret of the abiding
presence." From Andrew Murray's devotional, GOD'S BEST SECRETS

Good words to think about and ponder as we take this day to corporately
worship HIM!