Fri, Dec 27th - 2:56PM

Ephesians 3:16-20

LACK

16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,

18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,

19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

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

Commentary:

Lack: The absence of an item of necessity; to be short or deficient in; to experience an insufficiency in what you require.

According to the scripture above, abundance should be a part of the Christian experience, not lack. It says that you would easily be overcome if not for the power working on the inside of you to provide more than you could even ask for.

So, let's examine lack.  Are you missing something that you once had plenty of but is now all gone?  If so, what in the world happened to it; where did it go? Think about that period of time in your life when you did not lack this.  Why is it missing now?  Was there a famine? Did you give it away?  Perhaps you suffered a loss of income and were unable to adjust your budget accordingly so, as a result, the department stores and dealerships you visited last year have caused lack in your life this year.

Was it stolen? If so, who took it? Was it someone you were close to not knowing they would cause a deficit in your life?  Do they know they stole from you (some people have no idea of the hardship they are causing by requiring so much)?  More importantly, is this person still making withdrawals?  Are they still in your life subtracting from you?

Well, I've got good news!  The time is coming when your lack will be reversed. The book of Isaiah says,

"For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them" Isaiah 61:7

If you read this passage, you will find it speaks about an appointed time that Isaiah calls “the acceptable year” or “the Year of the Lord's favor” (in the New International Version) when God will repay all that has been taken away.  In God's time, His favor toward us will be seen. He will return what was lost AND what was stolen from His people. Whatever you've lost, God has already prepared double to replace it.

But, as the passage indicates, it will only happen in God's time. If you act outside of God's timing to regain what you've lost, you will only experience more lack.  God, who is able to do exceeding, abundantly and above all we ask has the power to reverse lack. And, according to Ephesians 3:20, this power is working within us RIGHT NOW. You may be in lack today, but be patient. Your "acceptable year" is coming when God will bless you with double the amount you lost; more than you could ask or think according to the power that is at work within YOU!

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