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Able, Willing, and Available

Ephesians 3:20 – “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”

            We live in a time of unprecedented power.  The world is enamored with power.  Sports teams recruit power runners and power hitters.  The world will teach you how to power dress.  Business people attend power lunches.  There are seminars on how to project power and confidence in our meetings.  The church world is also interested in power.  There are conferences to teach how to operate in spiritual power.

The Bible promises power to the believer. Luke 10:19 reads, “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Jesus gave this promise of power in Acts 1:8 before He ascended into heaven, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

There are no shortcuts to living in this mighty power of a holy God.  There is a prerequisite to this power.  The prerequisite is living a holy, separated life.  Matthew 5:8 reads, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Richard L. Strauss writes, “God is the source of all power, not only in the physical realm, but in the spiritual realm as well, where the true nature and extent of power eludes our understanding.”[1]

The church believes God is powerful.  He is powerful in creation.  He worked powerful miracles throughout the Old and New Testaments and in church history.  Jeremiah 32:17 says, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.” 

Most believe God is able.  The scriptures give us insight into what God is able to do.  In Romans 4:21 you learn God is able to keep His promises.  The writer of Hebrews reveals He is able to save to the uttermost.  Philippians 4:19 reveals He is able to meet and supply all your needs.

Most have no problem believing God is able, but struggle with the question, “Is He willing?”  He is able and He is willing.  The Prophet Jeremiah writes in Jeremiah 29:11 God is willing to give you “a future and a hope.” In Matthew 8:2 a leper came to Jesus and asked Jesus, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”  Verse 3 gives Jesus answer, “I am willing; be cleansed.”  God is able and He is willing.  He is available today to meet every need. 



[1] https://bible.org/seriespage/8-god-able. Retrieved from the internet, October 8, 2016.

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