What is the meaning of Ephesians 3:20? Now to Him • Paul deliberately turns every eye upward. Prayer and praise never begin with our needs but with our God (Psalm 115:1: “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory”). • This shift echoes Hebrews 12:2, where we are told to fix our eyes on Jesus—the Author and Perfecter of faith. • By saying “now,” Paul joins everything he has written about salvation and the church (Ephesians 1–3) to this moment of worship. Who is able • God’s ability is unrestricted. Genesis 18:14 asks, “Is anything too difficult for the LORD?” and Luke 1:37 answers, “For nothing will be impossible with God.” • The assurance that God can do what follows is grounded in His omnipotence, not in our performance, resources, or feelings. To do immeasurably more • “Immeasurably” tells us God’s work is beyond calculation or human metric, much like Isaiah 55:9: “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways.” • 1 Corinthians 2:9 reinforces the idea: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard… what God has prepared for those who love Him.” • We are invited to expect abundance because God’s nature is abundant. Than all we ask or imagine • Our asking sets one boundary, our imagining another—God overflows both. • James 4:2 reminds us, “You do not have because you do not ask,” while 1 John 5:14-15 promises that when we ask according to His will He hears and answers. • Even when requests are timid or imaginations limited, God’s plans remain lavish and perfectly wise (Jeremiah 29:11). According to His power • The measure is not our faith-level but His power. Acts 1:8: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.” • This is resurrection power (Ephesians 1:19-20) and sustaining power (Colossians 1:29). • Because the power is His, the credit and glory are His as well (Ephesians 3:21). That is at work within us • The same divine energy that raised Christ actively operates in every believer. Philippians 2:13: “For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.” • 2 Corinthians 4:7 calls us “jars of clay” carrying “surpassing power” to show it belongs to God. • The ongoing, internal work enables transformed lives, unified churches, and effective witness. summary Ephesians 3:20 assures us that the God to whom we pray is powerfully present and endlessly capable. He works from within, by His Spirit, to accomplish results far beyond the limits of our petitions or imaginations. Our role is to look to Him, ask boldly, trust fully, and watch expectantly as His incomparable power brings glory to His name in and through us. |
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