Imagine!

Imagine (from dictionary.com): im·ag·ine [i-maj-in] - expect, believe, or suppose; to employ the imagination.

How wild is your imagination? How focused is your imagination on the things of God? When I read the imagine passage in Ephesians, I'm always challenged:
Ephesians 3: 20-21
"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, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

Am I dreaming of the things God wants me to dream? Am I thinking about all that he can do through me or through our church? I believe we miss this for 2 primary reasons.

1. We don't really believe. Note that "believe" is part of the definition of imagine. We believe that something can happen in our midst. Do we really believe? If so, what will we do with what we believe? Will it spur us into action? It should.
2. We ask or imagine self-centered dreams. James 4:3, "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." We need to be one with God, having the same attitude as Christ, in order to realize his dreams for us.

Imagine!