More Than We Ask or Imagine
Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of—throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
—CS Lewis
Ephesians 3:20 declares, “Glory to God! His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine.” And to this, we should say ‘Yea’ and ‘Amen!’ God is bringing to life, in each of us, that perfect purpose and pleasure He has sown in us since He knit us together in the womb. As today’s devotional reading points out, some of that work is expected and more or less painless. But some of it can be jarring! Christian maturity brings us to a place of trusting our lives in the Master’s hand. Like clay in the hands of a skilled potter; a blank page in front of a Master poet; a framed canvas in front of a … you get my point. His power is at work in YOU today. Rejoice in this knowledge. And try to rest in the certainty that He knows, better than we do, the masterpiece He’s creating. We’re tempted to look at a work in progress and have our doubts. Look instead at the Master and have no fear. —DH
—David Hoskins, Founder & Care Guide, Sanctuary Clinics