While listening to a sermon in my local church, the Holy Spirit highlighted these words in my heart: God calls us for a review and changes our perspectives.
The words were familiar, yet somehow unfamiliar.
When God says, “Come now, let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18), is it possible that our capacity to reason may not yet be aligned with His? Could it be that even when we reason through our lives with family and friends, we sometimes arrive at conclusions that cause others to pause, ponder, and even call out our errors?
As the Holy Spirit pressed these words upon my heart, I began to realize something: sometimes, I really cannot see what God is able to do—not necessarily because I doubt His ability, but because I am yet to comprehend the possibilities from His perspective.
Our minds cannot always grasp the full extent of what God desires to accomplish in us, even when our hearts long for those very possibilities.
Ephesians 3:20 (ESV) says:
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,”
As I studied the book of Ephesians, my attention shifted from the possibilities of what God can do to the possibilities my mind can conceive.
To seek alignment to the abundant God can do and the great power he has poured out in us is God's work of salvation. Until our mind is break open, and there are no more barricades resisting us from stepping and conceiving the thoughts he has for us.
Perhaps, then, the question is not only whether God can do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think, but also whether we are willing to let Him transform the way we think.
Our minds must be renewed. The barriers of fear, limited understanding, and old perspectives must give way to the truth of who God is and what His power can accomplish in us.
Today, can we take a new position in prayer?
“Lord, empower my mind to perceive new possibilities according to Your power at work within me."
Perhaps this is when Ephesians 3:20 becomes even more personal to us: when we begin to recognize that God's ability extends far beyond the boundaries of our imagination.
We no longer allow fear to define the limits of what we can conceive. Instead, we choose to see God's greatness, trust His power, and remain open to the transformation He desires to work in us.
Can we see it?
Perhaps not fully yet. But as He renews our minds, we can learn to see beyond what we have always known and trust the One whose power exceeds what we can ask or imagine.
Stay Revived.
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