That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Eph 3:16-20
I’ve been told that whatever is in your heart will eventually come out. However, this also tells me that your heart reveals most assuredly what’s rooted inside. Regardless of what your mouth may speak, if your heart isn’t in it, there will be no power, little, if any, effectiveness or validity in what you say. Case and point: I can tell you that I love you all day long but if love doesn’t stem from my heart or show in my actions, then it is all for naught. Nothing speaks love like that which comes from the heart. Don’t be fooled to think that others can’t tell when you are not sincere from your heart.
I love being reminded of how God, out of the very abundance of His heart, loves me. He’s told me, as well as shown me consistently, that He is love. From before time and before I was, He loved me. Not only does He love with an everlasting love but with a love that can be seen, felt and reached. His love comes boldly through His word, through the men and women of God in word and with tangible evidence of love and encouragement that speaks to our right now, so that we might be strengthen in the inner man, both spiritually and naturally. The word today lets us know by Christ dwelling in our hearts by faith, we can become rooted and grounded in love, His love. It’s a blessing to be rooted and grounded in love and that it dwells in us for the sole purpose of flowing from us.
I’m grateful, as I think on the goodness of God and how He makes love provisions even when we can’t see the ways that have been made for us. His send a fresh new word that is alive and able to speak to any circumstance. Letting us know in an instance that He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power, authority and influence of Christ that works in us!
The love of Christ, which passes all knowledge, is the love that I want flowing from my heart; this is the power that I want working in me. When you see me, I want you to see Jesus, when I speak words of life; I want you to hear Jesus coming from heart. Verse 18 in conjunction with 17 says, “that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend (which does not only mean to understand a thing but it also means to be included in something as a part of a larger whole; as in the body of Christ) with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. In other words, that the understanding and cohesiveness among us will be the absolute fullness, completeness and richness of God and that we will be able to transcend, which is to go above and beyond the limit, rise above all that He is in the extent, and the expansion, deepness, power, and strength of His love toward one another, as well as extending it to others outside the body of Christ (John 14:12). This is not only our commission, but a commandment, that we love one another as He has loved us.
Paul was telling the Ephesians that it was necessary and his desire for them would be that they were as firm in the love of Christ as a natural foundation. Love is our drawing factor, our calling card; our strength and our basic principle of which everything else is built. I thought about the familiar phrase, “on the solid rock I stand" with that rock being Jesus!
Let love be found flowing from our heart and not just for each other when convenient or just within the household of faith but let's extend it to those on the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that His house may be full. Because for by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God and because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commended (endorsed) his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:2-8). Now that’s love!
Let’s strive to be the temple of God, firmly rooted and established in Christ. Letting love abide in our heart as Christ loves us and letting it flow as freely from us as it is given to us continuously!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
I’ve been told that whatever is in your heart will eventually come out. However, this also tells me that your heart reveals most assuredly what’s rooted inside. Regardless of what your mouth may speak, if your heart isn’t in it, there will be no power, little, if any, effectiveness or validity in what you say. Case and point: I can tell you that I love you all day long but if love doesn’t stem from my heart or show in my actions, then it is all for naught. Nothing speaks love like that which comes from the heart. Don’t be fooled to think that others can’t tell when you are not sincere from your heart.
I love being reminded of how God, out of the very abundance of His heart, loves me. He’s told me, as well as shown me consistently, that He is love. From before time and before I was, He loved me. Not only does He love with an everlasting love but with a love that can be seen, felt and reached. His love comes boldly through His word, through the men and women of God in word and with tangible evidence of love and encouragement that speaks to our right now, so that we might be strengthen in the inner man, both spiritually and naturally. The word today lets us know by Christ dwelling in our hearts by faith, we can become rooted and grounded in love, His love. It’s a blessing to be rooted and grounded in love and that it dwells in us for the sole purpose of flowing from us.
I’m grateful, as I think on the goodness of God and how He makes love provisions even when we can’t see the ways that have been made for us. His send a fresh new word that is alive and able to speak to any circumstance. Letting us know in an instance that He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power, authority and influence of Christ that works in us!
The love of Christ, which passes all knowledge, is the love that I want flowing from my heart; this is the power that I want working in me. When you see me, I want you to see Jesus, when I speak words of life; I want you to hear Jesus coming from heart. Verse 18 in conjunction with 17 says, “that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend (which does not only mean to understand a thing but it also means to be included in something as a part of a larger whole; as in the body of Christ) with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. In other words, that the understanding and cohesiveness among us will be the absolute fullness, completeness and richness of God and that we will be able to transcend, which is to go above and beyond the limit, rise above all that He is in the extent, and the expansion, deepness, power, and strength of His love toward one another, as well as extending it to others outside the body of Christ (John 14:12). This is not only our commission, but a commandment, that we love one another as He has loved us.
Paul was telling the Ephesians that it was necessary and his desire for them would be that they were as firm in the love of Christ as a natural foundation. Love is our drawing factor, our calling card; our strength and our basic principle of which everything else is built. I thought about the familiar phrase, “on the solid rock I stand" with that rock being Jesus!
Let love be found flowing from our heart and not just for each other when convenient or just within the household of faith but let's extend it to those on the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that His house may be full. Because for by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God and because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commended (endorsed) his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:2-8). Now that’s love!
Let’s strive to be the temple of God, firmly rooted and established in Christ. Letting love abide in our heart as Christ loves us and letting it flow as freely from us as it is given to us continuously!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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