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“According to the riches of His glory.”

See, in the world, we spend out of our wealth, and not according
to our wealth. If I have a million dollars, and I give you a thousand
dollars, I am no longer a millionaire. By my giving, I become
poorer. Our resources diminish as we draw from them. But God
doesn’t give out of His wealth. He gives, according to His
wealth. God is just as rich after He gives, as before.

He never runs out of forgiveness. He never runs low on strength,
or guidance, or peace. He doesn’t say to you, “Well, now, I gave
patience out a million times this week, so I don’t have enough for
you. Peace is on back-order, and as soon as it comes in, I’ll give
you a call.” He doesn’t need to get re-supplied. God has
unlimited resources, and He gives according to His riches, more
than you can ever ask.

Take a look at verse 20. One way to get the full impact of Paul’s
language, is to reduce the statement to its bare minimum. We
will then add the modifiers one at a time. The minimum statement
is,

“To Him Who is able to do what we ask.”

I tell you, that alone, would be enough! Now watch as we add the
modifiers. “To Him Who is able to do All we ask.” What an
increased blessing from the word “All”.

Now we add the word “Beyond”. “Able to do Beyond all we
ask.”

Here comes the word “Abundantly”. “Able to do Abundantly
beyond all we ask.” He then adds the word “Exceeding”.