Ephesians 3

In Chapter 3, Paul reveals a hidden mystery that:

That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:


That the wall of separation that has existed between Jew and Gentile has been removed through Christ and there is now no Jew or Greek (Rom 10:12), nor slave or free, nor male or female in Christ (Gal. 3:28).


And Paul was given grace to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,


I know that non-Christians cannot understand the depth that is contained in the Bible. But when I read it, I am amazed at how much I learn. NO matter how many times I've read a particular passage there is still more that I can learn as the Holy Spirit illuminates it to me. And no matter how much grace and how many blessings I've received as a result of following Christ, there are still more blessings tomorrow. It reminds me of the passage in Revelation 4 where the elders (after the the 4 living creatures proclaim God's holiness) fall down to worship Him. They are constantly proclaiming God's holiness--night and day, 24 hours a day! It seems like at some point they would know everything about God. But the elders continually get new revelation that causes them to continually fall down on their faces and worship!


And there's more! We have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

Just thinking in the natural. But not everyone has access to the President or king of a country. You have to have certain security clearances and a reason to be in His presence. When we come to know Christ, we have access to the King of Kings! The God of the Universe! And not only that we can come boldly and with confidence. We are his children and He delights in us and desires for us to come to him as we would a loving father. With our joys, triumphs, victories, defeats, struggles, needs, EVERYTHING.

Then Paul asks for 3 things:

1. That he [God] would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

2. that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;

and

3. that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

In other words, that we would be strengthened by the Holy Spirit, that Christ would dwell in our hearts and that we would understand the depth of Christ's love.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen

What more can be said. He is so much greater than us. His ways are so much higher than ours. He is infinite, transcendent, omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. I am not. And so I cannot even begin to comprehend Him. The small grain of sand of knowledge that I have of Him is so precious and I pray that maybe someday I'll have 2 grains. But it will never compare to the ocean full of sand that He is. And to know that He loves me and desires to reveal Himself to me is such a wonderful thought! To Him be the Glory forever and ever. AMEN