That You May Know...

“...so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God.” Eph. 3:17-19

How would you explain the color of green grass to a person blind from birth? Or the taste of green beans to someone who has never eaten them?

Your physical senses are like your emotions in that they are not understandable apart from experience. It is impossible to comprehend what it is to lose a child through death unless you have suffered such a loss. How can you expect to comprehend the love of Jesus Christ until you have experienced it? Personally?

Paul knew this. He prayed “that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God.” Eph. 3:17-19

Christ’s dwelling in your heart not only roots and grounds you in love, but also makes it possible for you to comprehend His great love. When you abide in Christ and He in you, there comes a marvelous new capacity to know Him.

There is a progression in Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians (Eph. 3:14-19). He built one petition upon another, each a prerequisite for the one that follows.

The summit of this expedition? To be filled up with all the fullness of God!