Beyond the Imagined and Unimagined Possibilities of Our Heart

February 1, 2009

by Genel Webb

When I became a Believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, one of the first scriptures that the Lord really opened up to me was I Corinthians 2:9. It says that “…Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” I learned this particular scripture early on in my walk, not intentionally, but because I read it so much. I just thought that it provided such hope. At some point, I read the scripture in Ephesians 3:20. “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” I think that these scriptures provide such encouragement. They continue to sustain my hopefulness.

When I’m considering, planning and praying for the Lord to bring something together, I know that no matter how many scenarios that I come up with as to how He could do the seemingly difficult or impossible task, I may never come up with the way in which He will accomplish it.

Soon after I was married, I became a Believer. I waited three days to tell my husband. I knew my life would be lived differently and I needed the right words to explain it. Anyway, to shorten the story, I prayed fervently for my husband to commit his life to the Lord. After praying, instead of accepting that the Lord was able to accomplish this, I strategized. I thought, if I can just get him to church, the spirit of the Lord will move on him. He loves music and he loves to sing, so if I can get him interested in the choir, that will open the door of his heart. I had all kinds of strategies. I can tell you that my husband did attend church a few times and he did get interested in the choir a bit. Yet, when my husband received Christ, he was at home alone. What I found when I came home on that day is a lengthy story. The point that I want to make; however, is his coming to know the Lord did not involve any of the strategies that I had come up with in my mind. That fact was affirmed when my husband explained to me his experience that day with the spirit of the Lord. He said that his seeking the Lord had to do with the way I was walking out my faith. It never entered my head that my husband would be at home alone when he received Jesus. It was so sweetly done by the Lord.

We can imagine so many ways as to how our desires can be accomplished, but God can and will do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we can think. Some of His plans for us have not even entered our hearts as a possibility. I’m not saying that we should not pray and prepare as it relates to His will and our desires for our lives. We should. We should remember, however, that the way He accomplishes it through and for us can go beyond the imagined and unimagined possibilities of our heart.

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