In Our Grasp

 DEVOTION

THE LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

IN OUR GRASP

Eph 3:14-19

14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

NIV

Having Christ dwell in our hearts through faith is wonderful because of the Father’s glorious riches that strengthened us with power through His Spirit in our inner being. But that is not all, although that should be more than we would ever need. We may also know that we are rooted and established in love. Of course, we try to live a life of love, but this love that we are rooted and established in is the love of God for us. It is because He loves us, our faith, and the power of the Spirit in our inner being is all from God. Therefore, this being rooted and established comes from the love of God and it is His love that generates power in our lives so together with all the saints we are able to grasp just how wide and high and long and deep is the love of Christ. On a personal note, I remember as a very small child my mother taught me, when she asked how much I loved her, to say, “I love you as high as the highest sky and wide as the widest sea and as deep as the deepest ocean is my love for thee”. As I recall this, I remember that at that time my mother went to church, but somewhere along her life with my father, if she did have any faith in Jesus, it disappeared or was not evident and as I grew, I never knew about the love of God for me, and what the love of Jesus for me took Him to the cross. Now, we can grasp all this love of God for us, because of the power of the Spirit dwelling within our inner being revealing, and leading us into all this truth. However, Christ’s love when it comes to width, length, height, and depth, there are no limits. We cannot measure how wide, how high, or how long and deep His love for us is. His love is wider than wide, higher than high and longer than long, and deeper than any depth and we understand in some sense, yet without the glorious riches of the Father out of which we are strengthened with power through His Spirit in our inner being, we would not have any understanding, all this would be out of our grasp, but the fact is, all the love of Christ is in our grasp because of the Spirit working in us.