Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Day 5 : Fullness


When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.  May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Ephesians 3:14-19 (NLT)

SCRIPTURE: "Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God."

OBSERVATION: For about a year now, this "fullness" has been my hearts desire. And here finally is the how we become complete: "experience the love of Christ". I love that it says experience, not try to understand: "it is too great to understand fully". It even lays out a play-by-play for us:
  1. "He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit"
  2. "Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him"
  3. "Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong"
Application: Three things jump out at me:
  • "Fake it till you make it" - Just choose to love people, even those I don't want to (including that girl that sets my teeth on edge). Eventually, it'll happen without trying.
  • Practice trusting in God, in everything. For "then Christ will make His home in your hearts".
  • And lastly, its not about focusing on me - its about others. The entire spirit of this passage reflects the outward attitude of love. Paul doesn't say, "I want this for me", but says, "I pray this will happen to you." therefore I should pray more for others. and not just for the health or whatever, but their faith.
PRAYER: 
Dear God,
Help me to love others - especially those that inspire the opposite of love.
Please also help me to trust you and get closer to you everyday.
LORD, please help me to become the complete person you designed me to be.
Amen.

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