Ephesians 3:16-20 is such an incredible passage! It shows us how to rule and reign in our inner man by Kingdom dominion. Paul prayed, That He would grant you according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith... (verses 16-17a). Its awesome to know that you can walk in the Lords strength in your inner man. You can walk in Christs stature and strength. He wants us to operate out of the strength of Christ in us, the Spirit of might. In verses 17-19, ...that you being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width, and the length, and the depth and the height, to know the love of Christ which passes all knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Wow! Do you want to be filled with all the fullness of God? If you look up the word fullness it literally means to be crammed full; weighted down. Dont you want to live on a day to day basis in a new realm of His glory and the weightiness of His Presence so that you begin to diffuse the fragrance of His glory? Lets go into this passage just a little bit more. Ephesians 3:20, Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us. Are you ready to see the exceedingly abundantly above and beyond? See, I believe the Lord wants to do big, big things, dont you? Now, go back to Ephesians 3:16, because I want to show you something else. Paul prayed for the Lords strength. He first of all said, that He would grant to you. Now the word grant there means to bestow a gift, or supply or furnish something that is necessary. Paul says, I pray that the Father would give you something according to the riches of His glory. I love the word riches it means wealth. Dont you know God is pretty rich? Do you want to be wealthy in the things of the Kingdom? Paul is saying here, Listen guys, Im asking for the Father to bless you, to bestow a blessing according to His wealth. Wealth represents what? Abundance! So Pauls saying, Listen, Im praying, guys, that Father God would give to you out of the abundance of His glory. What is glory? The glory is who He is. It is the weightiness of who He is. Hes saying, Im asking for the Father to come to you and say Here, from the Father is wealth, riches, abundance. Abundance of what? Abundance of glory. His weighty glory!
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:04:40 +0000
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