WHAT IF GOD MEANT IT?

Genesis 15:1–6   •   Ephesians 3:20

What if we’ve gotten so used to asking God for what we think is possible… that we’ve forgotten who we’re talking to?

Ephesians 3:20 – “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine…” 

Genesis 15:1-6 – 1 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” 2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.” 4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars— if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

1. Faith can ask question without abandoning the promise. 

Genesis 15:1 — “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

2.  When you can’t see the promise, look up.

Genesis 15:5 — “Look up at the sky and count the stars — if indeed you can count them. So shall your offspring be.”

Ephesians 3:20 – “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine…”

3.  Faith refuses to let the facts have the final word.

Genesis 15:6 — “Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.”

Romans 4:18–21 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

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…”

Declaration
I will not let my past limit my future.
I will not let fear write my story.
I will believe God for more.
I will ask. I will imagine. I will trust.
I will look up again.
“Because my God is able to do immeasurably more
Than all I can ask or imagine.”