The Prize in the Middle of the Field

        Sometimes you find something in a place it just isn't supposed to be.  One of the collectibles we always had in Indiana were glass insulators used on old telephone poles or electric poles.  They were usually either green or clear glass and the wires were wrapped around them.  It would be common to find them in someone's basement where a person would see how many of them they could collect over the years.  There were a few times that I would find them in the middle of a field after I had plowed a section.  I could spot one that was turned up in the newly plowed ground, stop the tractor and take the insulator back to the farm house to clean it up.  I was never an authority on insulators but some could tell a lot of information from them and they would then turn up in antique stores alone with Singer Sewing machines and Roy Rogers lunch boxes.  What was surprising was how the insulator got to the spot where it was buried in the field.  Sometimes you find something right in the middle of where it is not supposed to be.   Ephesians 3:20-21 says, " Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,  Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."
         Here is a scriptural example of finding something where it isn't usually found.  You would expect to find a blessing at the end of something.  There is a familiar and similar blessing found in the final verses of the Book of Jude where it is found in the last two verses of the book.  The "benediction" in Ephesians, however, is right in the middle of the book and not near the end of the book at all.  Ephesians, to me, is divided up into two sections.  The first section, gives us the blessings of the book and naturally, ends with the blessing or the "benediction" in the last two verses of chapter three.  Then, chapter four begins with a "therefore" and we head into the practical section of the book.  Something great was found where it was not expected to be found.  Not only is it where one would not expect to find it, but it also has a great message for all of us.  I especially get excited about the words, "Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think..."  We might have our own expectation of what God is going to do in our lives, but this passage reminds us that we are only guessing at the half of it.  God is able.  He is able to do much more than we can ever think about.  Now how great is that?  You may be wondering how God is going to make ends meet in your life or how He is going to relieve the pain and suffering in your life or how He is going to work in any situation that comes up.  We know that not only is He able, He is able to do much more than we even ask or think.  So, praise God today for His greatness and His working in our lives.  "To God be the glory!"