Ephesians 3:14-2I This is Paul's second prayer for the church in this short letter to the Ephesians. The thrust of this letter is that the Christian has far more than just a relationship to God who will someday give him a home in heaven. Notice the source that Paul is drawing on, the glorious riches of the Father. Those riches are infinitely more than all that God has created. Paul is asking that our inner beings be empowered through the Holy Spirit from these vast resources. Certainly, included in this is the power to do great things and to receive things; but I believe the greater purpose is that we might have the power to be all that God has called us to be. This is so that we might be reservoirs and channels of the grace of the almighty God. We are the packaging materials and the plumbing. God is the Product. He is asking that Christ live in our hearts by faith. Not merely the Jesus that walked in the flesh 2000 years ago; but the Jesus who is the risen, eternal Son of the Living God. He will be as large in you as your faith allows. It is only as we are rooted and grounded in love (agape) that we can even begin to comprehend the love of Christ. Love needs to be the foundation and the guiding force of all that we are about. Until or unless it is, we will not be able to have a clue. The power to grasp the full dimensions of the love of Christ is a composite and collective thing; "together with all the saints." It is speaking of His church being in one accord on the basis of His love. It is the "knowing" experientially His love that goes far beyond knowledge. The only limit to the filling and empowering is all the fullness of God. Why do you think that Satan is trying to divide believers? He knows the plans God has for His church. And we need to know and stop believing the lie and dump the petty pride that divides us and at least as a local church to stand up in Christ.

Growing into What We Have