Have you ever thought about what God is actually able to do? Well, let me tell you, the list is pretty amazing! One of the big things that people don’t realize is that all of the things He is ABLE to do, He WILL do! Every single scripture about what He is able to do, is always connected to a promise that He has made to His people. With that in mind, we as believers have a responsibility to believe that He WILL do what He says He is able to do. If I were to tell you that I was able to lift a 300 lb weight or to pay for the US national debt, with cash, but didn’t do either…I wouldn’t seem to credible, would I? We can apply that same reasoning to God, but He has always shown that He is credible and that He does not lie. If He says He is able to do something, it is because He is willing to do it. Selah (Stop and think on these things)!
As you continue to read, it is a necessity to keep that in mind. If we don’t know He is willing, then we can have no faith towards what He is able to do. You see, faith begins where the will of God is known, and fear is present when the will of God is unknown.
I have been led to focus on a very powerful Scripture in 2 Corinthians 9:8, we read here that, “God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work”. God is able to make all grace, the word grace here means, “favor, or earthly blessing”. He is able to make every blessing that He has promised in His word abound to you. The word abound here means, “to be over and above, or to multiply”. God wants all of His blessings and favor to be multiplied to you, why? He does this so that you can have all sufficiency, supply, or adequate resources in all things, here on Earth.
I want to pause right here, because I have heard this Scripture used for just a money message. I am not putting that down, or condemning that in any way, but the Word here says, “all sufficiency in ALL things”. That is very important to understand. He is able to make all of His promises, what promises: healing, deliverance, wholeness, the supply of your needs, spiritually, physically and financially. He wants you to have all of His promises, multiplied to you so that you are able to multiply, exceed and be over and above towards and in every good work. The reason isn’t so that you can just have stuff and be healthy and delivered yourself, it is to pass that goodness on to others and so that they may come into the same relationship with the Lord.
In the next two verses we see the promise connected to this ability. In verses 9-10 it says, “As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; He hath given to the poor: His righteousness remaineth for ever. Now He that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness.” You see, God says He is able to make all of these blessings be multiplied to you, because He provides them. The word minster here means, “to supply or to provide”. If you have seed to sow, it is because God gave you that seed. That seed is to multiply in your keeping so that you can disperse it and multiply it to those around you, as the Lord leads. If you have been healed, it is because He supplied that healing through the broken body of Jesus. You are then to minister healing by sharing your testimony, praying for those around you and by showing others that it is God’s will to heal them too. No promise by God has ever been simply for your enjoyment. It has been given for you to live in and share with all those you come in contact with. I for one have made a commitment to pursue what God has for me. I am chasing after it with every part of who I am and I will then share it with everyone I come in contact with.
I recently was working at a restaurant in the Los Angeles area. Everyone I worked with was an aspiring performer of some kind: actor, dancer, director or writer. I have long decided that I am not going to “preach” to these people about things they should or should not being doing. Instead I want to live a life of example and by that example make them come to me with questions about how God is working in my life and can work in theirs too. I have found that people respond to the Word of God better when they are coming to it, not being thrown in their face.
At a certain time of year the business tends to drop out and everyone in the restaurant would get very pessimistic about their income. It is tough to work in that environment, where you, seemingly, depend on others for your income. Every single shift that I would come in, I would pray and talk to God about my needs and remind Him that His Word says that He would supply all my needs. After encouraging myself with the Word, I would go in and listen to everyone talking negatively about how their night was going to go. I would simply listen and say, “Not me! I am going to do great tonight. You may make that 40 dollars, but I will make over 100!” I was completely speaking out of faith in what I knew God was able to do. And every single night I worked, I would make 100 dollars or over. After about 2 months of hearing and seeing this, I had one co-worker come up to me and say, “How are you doing this?” I told him that I wasn’t doing anything; God was taking care of me. He then said something that shocked me, he said, “I want God to take care of me too!” I told him that I could help him with that.
I share this story not to look good or brag on myself, because just like I told my friend, I did nothing, I am bragging on God, He was supplying my need. I stood on what I knew He was able to perform and knew that He would do it. When it came time to either keep this blessing to myself and just relish in it, or to spread that Word beyond myself, I jumped at the chance to share it. I didn’t shy away at giving God the glory and I didn’t fear that my friend would think I was crazy. I decided to give God credit for accomplishing something that He said He would do and did in my life.
There is one more scripture that I feel is very important to share with you. Remember, all of the things that God says He is able to do are always connected with a promise that He has made. Well, I would like you to take a look at 2 Corinthians 1:20, it says, “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” This shows us that if God has promised it, then His answer is YES and AMEN (so be it)! When it comes to His promises, He never says no! I have heard it preached that when we pray to Him concerning healing or supply or any number of His promises that His answer sometimes is yes and sometimes it is no. That is NOT what His Word says! It ought not to be preached and it ought not to be believed, because it goes against what the Word says. Let me show you another translation of this verse. The New Living Translation puts it this way, “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding ‘Yes!’ And through Christ, our ‘Amen’ (which means ‘Yes’) ascends to God for his glory.” Through Jesus all God’s promises are fulfilled and become a “Yes” to all believers in Him. Now we are to say “Amen” or “so be it” in response for it’s fulfillment in our lives. Since He says yes we are to respond with a resounding, YES! He has done this for His glory. You see, the glory of God is shown when His power is displayed. He has made promises, not to break them, but to keep them. He is a great and mighty God! When we stand in faith and say “Lord, you promised me health and wholeness and I stand on your Word and receive my deliverance from sickness and disease.” I can just hear Him saying with a loud voice, “Yes, YES! I did it for you! It was accomplished for you! Take it, it’s yours. YES!”
This is how we have to approach what God is able to do. Every time we see a scripture talking about how God is able to do something, we are supposed to believe that since He is telling us He can do it, He will do it! If we know that He will do something, then we need to stand by faith that He will accomplish it, “being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6) God began a good work in you through His promises and blessings by Jesus Christ. He will accomplish it because He is able to multiply His blessings and favor to you. He has done all this to fulfill His Word and so that you can be fully supplied to bring His Word to those around you. I believe that I receive that Word and I believe that you receive it too, by the power of the Holy Spirit. So my response is, so be it! Amen!