I Can Only Imagine

1 Corinthians 2:9: “However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.

Ephesians 3:20 “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us”

We have a big God. The love He has for us and the plans He’s made for us are way greater than we could possibly imagine. Our hopes and longings both for this life and the next are tiny compared to what God can do.

Take for example, Elizabeth and Zechariah in Luke ch 1. “Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commandments and regulations blamelessly. But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren; and they were both well along in years” (v 6 & 7). This is a couple who loves the Lord and seeks Him. The power of the Lord is at work in their hearts. They are upright in the sight of the Lord and observe the Lord’s commandments, and we know that to love is to walk in obedience to his commands (2 John 1:16). When Zechariah was chosen by lot to enter the temple and burn incense, he was visited by the angel Gabriel. The angel told him that God has heard his prayers and that his wife, Elizabeth will bear a child. And not just any child, but a child who, “will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord” (Luke 1:14). That child of course, was John the Baptist, whose purpose was to prepare the way for the Jesus. When Elizabeth and Zechariah prayed for a child they couldn’t possibly have imagined that God would deliver in such an amazing way.

So, when God doesn’t bless you with exactly what you think you want, exactly when you want, you can rest in the knowledge that it might be because He’s got some bigger purpose in mind. Intentionally watch for the Holy Spirit moving in you and be obedient when he does. Throw out that “before I turn xyz age list” and the “my perfect mate list” and the “I must accomplish 1, 2, 3 at work list” and change your agenda to God’s agenda. Pray that you will allow yourself to be led by “his power that is at work” within you. If you do, you just might be amazed at the plans that God has for you!

Today blog was posted by Bridge member Kelly Coxe