Good News for Bad Times

"...He is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we might ask or think." (Eph. 3:20)

For many their Christian faith is reduced to platitudes and nice ways of thinking. But if you take your faith seriously and believe that the Word of God is absolutely true, God is described as a God who is able. What is He able to do? Actually, anything that He chooses to do. And Paul says to the Ephesians more than we are able to ask in prayer, and more than we can even imagine.

God provided for over a million of His people as they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. They called in "manna" which literally means "what is it." But God provided for them daily, and only enough for each day so they would depend upon Him. God's economy is never in a recession. He is able to provide what we need daily, if we trust completely in Him.

Elijah, the prophet, in I Kings 17, was depending on God beside a brook where the ravens were feeding him. But the brook dried up. God took him to a widow lady who was down to her last bit of ingredients to prepare a meal for her son and herself. Elijah told her to feed him first, and she stepped out in faith. Because of her obedience, she discovered a never ending supply. God has not promised us everything we want, but when we fully surrender to Him in obedience, He has promised us everything that we need.

My hope is built on nothing less than..... How would you answer that? Is your hope in congress or the president? Is it in Republicans or democrats to save the economy? Is your hope in a 401 K plan that has decreased tremendously over the last months? Or is your hope in the God who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond what you might ask or think?