Ephesians 3:16-21

16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 20Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

In our daily lives we may experience feelings rooted in drivenness, fear, anxiety, pride, pressure, failure, shame, emptiness, and despair. Knowing the reality of Jesus’ love can provide hope and a sense of peace ….. “and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:19 Paul prayed that believers would know this love that surpasses knowledge!! Paul didn’t pray for many of the things we often find ourselves praying for: that we would be safe and healthy, that would things go smoothly, that our plans would succeed. Paul honed in on the one thing — that the Ephesians would know the “fullness of God’s” love! Somehow everything we need, everything the world needs, surges out of that “fullness”.