Ephesians 3:18-21

“I pray that you may have the power to comprehend…what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” vss. 18-19

Paul makes his desire for the Ephesians plain as he closes this part of his letter. He wants them to have knowledge, a broad and inclusive comprehension of all that is, but he doesn’t bother to define exactly what that might mean. We know what that’s about! There’s a beauty to knowledge and the longer we live in this world, the more our inquiring minds are able to acquire. Such curiosity is its own reward, and not just so we can occasionally guess the Final Jeopardy question. It’s just good to know stuff! But then Paul goes on to say that all that knowledge is really nothing when compared to knowing the love of Christ. He further describes that love in his letter to the Corinthians, “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.” When this love dwells in our hearts, he tells the Ephesians, we are filled with the fullness of God. What a blessing! Just think! It’s through our loving that bruised people actually experience the love of God.

Thought for the Day: How have I been showing God’s love today?