SCRIPTURE

“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.” —Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)

There is a quiet ache that follows most of us—the subtle sense that life could be more. More beautiful. More free. More abundant. More purposeful. We pray, we plan, we work, and yet somewhere deep inside we suspect that our current experience falls painfully short of the divine abundance Paul was speaking of—we are just not sure what to do about it.

And indeed, it does. Living this way—like an orphan—hurts more deeply than we often admit. Can you feel that ache, or have you learned to numb it, simply because you don’t know what to do with it—or where to take it?

Like the prodigal son in a “far-off land,” we too often find ourselves living in self-imposed exile—far from the love and provision of the Father’s house, far from the nearness of His presence. We like to tell ourselves it’s God’s fault, but the truth is, we were born lost—we just didn’t realise it.

The good news Jesus brought is that we don’t have to remain in exile any longer. Remaining “lost” living like a beggar waiting for scraps, is a choice. Easier said than done, right? Yet it all begins with one simple but radical act: waking up—just like the prodigal son living in a corrupted state of consciousness, we must actively recognise that the way we, as God’s people, have come to live is not normal.

We have a choice in the matter of how we are going to live the precious lives God has given us.

Just like the pattern given us in the parable of the prodigal son, we must stop embracing the delusion and stop normalising the pain, the striving, and the quiet dysfunction we’ve accepted as “just the way things are”.

Paul’s words in Ephesians 3:20 were not poetic exaggeration; they were revelation. The Greek phrase “hyper ek perissou” (ὑπὲρ ἐκ περισσοῦ) is layered with intensity—meaning “superabundantly beyond measure,” “exceedingly above all reckoning.”

It’s as if language itself strains to contain what Paul saw: a God whose generosity utterly surpasses human imagination.

We’ve turned this verse, and many others just like it, into a decorative benediction, a lyrical flourish to end a prayer or sermon—when in reality, it’s a divine confrontation. Paul wasn’t writing poetry; he was announcing the new reality available to us in Christ. This verse is not meant to soothe us but to startle us awake and run back to the Father who is waiting with open arms.

When you compare your life to what is possible with God—i.e., His promises—you begin to see how small your self-limits are—not because you are unworthy, but because you have accepted to live in exile.

It’s not God’s job but yours to bridge the gap between your current experience and the vast possibilities He’s already made available.

He needs someone’s cooperation, someone who will actually be “delusional enough” to believe the magnitude of the good news. Someone who will close the mental-imaginative gap.

Will that person be you?

The distance between promise and reality isn’t in His unlimited power—it’s in your limited thinking and expectation.

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER

Father of abundant generosity,
Forgive me for shrinking my world to what feels manageable.
Enlarge my vision until it matches Your generosity.
Teach me to live not from scarcity but from Your immeasurable abundance.
Let Your dynamis-power work unhindered within me—transforming imagination into manifestation, desire into divine destiny. Let me settle for nothing less than Your best.
May my life become living proof of what You can do with a surrendered heart.
Amen.

IMAGINE WITH ME

1. Where in your life have you settled for “just enough” instead of “exceedingly more”?
2. What would your life look like if you truly believed this verse to be literal truth?
3. Which areas of your imagination might God be inviting you to sanctify—to dream with Him?
4. How can you align your asking and imagining with God’s power?
5. What daily practice could help you stay conscious of “His power at work within you”?

Answer below in the comments and let us know why you don’t believe.