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“Able to do exceeding, abundantly, beyond all we ask.”

“Able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all we ask or
imagine.”

What a verse! It goes way beyond asking. We can think of tons
of things we could ask for, but don’t. God is bigger than all your
requests. God is bigger than all your thoughts. He doesn’t answer
your prayer. When you pray to the Lord, He answers
“Exceedingly, abundantly beyond, all that you ask or even
imagine”.

In Psalm 78, God demonstrates a great sin in Israel’s history,
“Limiting the Holy One of Israel”. Limiting God. Brothers and
sisters in Christ, we can never ask too much, or think too high.
Just be sure to let Him take hold of your spirit, and fill you with
His desires.

Reading a verse like this we are tempted to say, “My, what a
hyperbole; what a figure of speech! It’s an exaggeration.” It is not
an exaggeration! It’s an understatement. Every word of this is
true. That’s how God wants to answer our prayers. You might
think, “I’m asking such and such for Joe and Fred; I’m really
asking a lot of the Lord. Maybe if God does half of what I ask,
then I’ll be happy and satisfied.” Great day!!! Half of what you
ask! Pull out all the stops, and ask God to burn this into your
heart. God longs, not to do half of what you ask, but to do
“Exceeding, abundantly, beyond, ALL you could ever ask or
think”. What a marvelous, marvelous truth.

One way to get the impact of this is to remember the context. It’s
true as a principle, that God always over-answers prayer. But
look at the context. Look at the prayer he’s talking about over-
answering. 3:19,

“That you might be filled, with all the fullness of God.”