Ask

To Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think…be glory.  Ephesians 3:20-21

Our oldest son has shown an increased interest in playing video games over the past year or so.  Elliott asked to play the Nintendo Wii the other night, so I let him play a couple of games before his bedtime.  I was talking to my father on the phone and lost track of time, so he got to play a little longer than I intended him to.  When I asked him to turn the game console off, he became outraged because he would have played ‘Star Wars Lego’ all night long if I would have let him.  The more I think about it, we treat God pretty much the same with what we ask of Him too...especially if we do not get our way.

We forget what Paul mentioned in his letter to the Ephesians, that God “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.”  In the most simple of terms, we cannot possibly begin to ask for all that God desires to give us.  We cannot fathom all that He has to give us and I’d like to think that I have a pretty vivid imagination.

How awesome is it to think that we cannot even begin to imagine all that is contained in God’s endless and abundant riches?! Praise be to God!