There are three notable doxologies in the New Testament (Ephesians 3:20, Jude 24, Romans 16:25-27). Each begin with those six wonderful words, “Now to Him who is able ….”
The Greek word is the same in all three doxologies. It is dunamai and is the word from which we get our English word dynamite! It means power.
Our God has the power for anything and everything we will ever need. That reassures my heart. And there is something that encourages my heart even more! Three little words found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
“Now a leper came to [Jesus], imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, ‘If You are willing, You can make me clean.’ Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.” [Mark 1:40-42, also Matthew 8:3, Luke 5:13]
I think you know what three little words minister to my heart. When the leper asked if Jesus was “willing” to heal Him, our LORD responded with “I am willing.” Then He conveyed healing’s power (dunamai) with a touch and the leper was cleansed.
It is one thing to have the power to do something; it is quite something else to have the willingness to do it.
Our LORD is both willing AND able to move in our behalf. Praise His Glorious Name! Amen.
