“And to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:19
Paul is finishing a prayer that the Ephesians would fully grasp how great the love of Jesus is. This love is so great that is surpasses all knowledge. The purpose of knowing this love is to be filled with all of God.
God is described as love. He is the perfect image of what love is. Perfect love is what helps one make perfect decisions every time. Love makes decisions out of concern for others, not for self. God loves all of the people of the world so much that He was willing to sacrifice His own son on a cross in order to help them. Jesus loves every person so much that He was willing to be the sacrifice to help them. This kind of love is so great that people cannot fully understand it.
Once a person can begin to understand this love, he knows that he has started to get the fullness of God in Him. When a person understands His love, he will then begin to love others in the same way. He will also begin to love God in the same way.
Loving others and God in the way God loves you, will mean that you will be willing to sacrifice yourself for others and for God. You will be willing to lay down your desires for God’s desires. You will be filled with God and His perfect love.
Everything that you say and do must be rooted in God’s love for you and for others. When you understand God’s love, you will not want to hurt God. When you understand His love for others, you will not want to hurt others.
At that point you are filled with God. God cannot be where sin is. When you are filled with His love, there will be no sin in you. You will have repented of those sins and been forgiven. You will turn away from all sin.
Are you filled with the full measure of God? Are you grasping the fullness of His love?
I pray today that you will you will know all of God’s love for you and others; that you will have His love for others; that you will allow God to work His love in your life; and that you will be filled with the full measure of God.
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