In his epistle to the Ephesian church, Paul makes a prayer for them. In Ephesians 3:14-21, he begins, "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father ..." He prays for their strengthening. Why? So Christ may dwell in their hearts ... that they would have the strength to do something very, very difficult. What is it? "To know the love of Christ" (Eph 3:19).
"Um ... Paul ... what's so hard about that?" We know love. I mean, we can quote John 3:16. We know He sent His Son. We know His blessings. What's so hard about that? Apparently we don't really know His love, because Paul says the love of Christ "surpasses knowledge." Oh, hang on. So ... Paul is saying that we can "comprehend" (Eph 3:18) and "know" (Eph 3:19) the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge? Now that will be a trick. But Paul says that in understanding and knowing the love of Christ, we "may be filled with all the fullness of God (Eph 3:19), and that's certainly something we believers want. So ... how will this work?
Paul tells us that God "is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us." That "far more abundantly" is an interesting phrase. It's a two-word phrase packed full. The first is huperekperissou, a Greek construct of 3 words that add up to "superabundantly." You see how that's packed, right? Not merely sufficiently; abundantly. Not merely abundantly; superabundantly. Big. Then he adds huper, which means "beyond," so it's magnified again. It's not just superabundantly; it's beyond superabundantly. Huge. And where does this come from? "the power that works within us." So? Get on with it. Taste and see. Bathe in His love. Swim in it. You won't stop, but it will be a grand journey.
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If we could truly grasp hold of this, there is nothing we couldn't do for the furtherance of His Kingdom.
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