Ephesians 3:20 “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”
It’s easy to forget that God has great power. Our God works miracles. God has no limits.
At times it may be that the circumstances appear unbearable, that there is no way out, and that there is no hope.
We can’t say what God will do. Only God knows what God will do. The attitude of those we know as the “three Hebrew children” is instructive, as recorded in the book of Daniel chapter 3.
These three young people refused to obey the law of a powerful king. The law said that all must worship a golden image the king had set up. The punishment for disobeying the king was to be thrown alive into a furnace and be burned to death. The king gave them one last chance to obey him, or be thrown into the furnace, and believing that they had no way out he asked them, poking fun at their God, “who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?”
Their answer is recorded in the book of Daniel 3:17 &18. Note the ‘if it be so…’ and the ‘but if not’.
“If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thing hand, O king. But, if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.”
The rest of the chapter tell us that the king had them tied, threw the three into the flaming furnace. No one expected what happened next. As the king was watching, expecting them to be consumed by fire, he said “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” He then called them out of the furnace, set them free, gave praise to their God, and promoted them in his kingdom.
“If it be so…” “But if not…” Let’s trust God’s sufficiency, and let’s practice in our daily live as if we completely and fully trust His sufficiency. Let us say with calm and surrendered confidence “I trust the Lord.”
We don’t know what God will do.
We know what God is able to do.
And we know He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.