Filled to the Measure

Ephesians 3:14-21

“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,” 3:20

The above verse is what is written in my journal but I just have to quote verses 16-19 as well.  

“I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” 3:16-19

“Out of His glorious riches” – not how much God has but simply who He is

“Strengthen you…in your inner being” – He will put Himself inside of us

“Love that surpasses knowledge” – more than we could ever dream of

“Filled to the measure” – all that we are is Him

“Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” – God is bigger than all of it

If all that we are is Him, which is who He created us to be, then we are bigger than all of it.  Every sorrow, every despair, every temptation – we are bigger than it all. Because Christ loved us so much that He let Himself be put on that cross, arms stretching long and wide, connecting us to our Father who is so high above us and filling us down deep in our soul with the richness of Him, with a love that we cannot understand but can feel every day, every hour, every minute, every second. A love that consumes us so that we are completely filled with it and there is no room for anything else.  

God, please, help me to remember the power that You have given me.  Help me to remember that I am bigger than all of it because You dwell in me.  Your love is my strength and I want it to continue to mold me into who You created me to be.  Through Jesus I pray, Amen.