Envision what God might do
The 5 Verbs of Learning: Imagine
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” – the things God has prepared for those who love him –
1 Corinthians 2:9
Jesus provoked the imagination of the blind man when he asked him ‘What do you want me to do for you?” Surely Jesus knew of the man’s blindness and his own ability to heal him? Perhaps he wanted to see if he could trigger the man’s imagination to perceive a different reality, something better than begging for a coin, by drawing closer to the Messiah.
Paul says that God is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we can ask or imagine. We can’t out-imagine God! Our imagination leads us to think of God-possibilities that we can then reflect back to God in prayer, like the blind man’s response, “Rabbi, I want to see!”.
What would happen across the world if God’s people started to imagine what God could do in and through them and then acted upon that imagination with the other learning verbs? It would be an outstanding mobilization of faith and kingdom possibilities.
For Reflection:
- How has your answer to Jesus’ question “what can I do for you” been changing?
- How does Jesus ‘yoke’ help our imagination?
Make Life Count:
- Imagine yourself in the today’s encounter and fill in the blank: “Rabbi I want to ________”
- How you would like to grow in this series? How have your goals been changing?
Thirsty for More?
- Watch the Leader and Coach classes for the week.
Leader Class
Coach Class
Resting in Him,
