Love of Christ

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 3:17-19

I pray that you were encouraged and strengthened in your gathering with the saints and worship unto the Lord on this pass Lord’s Day. I pray that you are continually encouraged in you walk of faith throughout this week. This scripture passage is filled with encouragement for the child of God to continue to live by faith. It causes us to think the love of Christ that saved us and now keeps us, that we consider the dimensions of His love. God is love and His love extends and reaches in every direction possible. His love continues forever. It is without beginning or end. His love is unchanging, unstoppable, uncontainable, and undeniable to accomplish the plan and purposes of God (Is 55:11). “The breath” of His love is as broad as all humanity “for God so loved the world” (Jn 3:16), and the “length” of God’s love has no date of origin and is always present. His love knows no “depth” for Christ “first descended into the lower parts of the earth” before He “ascended far above all the heavens” (Eph 4:9). His love reaches deeper that the bottomless pit of our sin to forgive, all our misery to comfort, all our pain to heal, and lower than our lowest low to catch us when we fall. His love extends beyond the heights of heaven as the flood waters surpassed the tops of the mountains in the days of Noah (Gen 7:19), His love scales above the highest of our sins. The prayer of the Holy Spirit is for “all saints” to know “the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge…be filled with all the fullness of God.” My friend, the love of Christ is beyond all our comprehension, but it is all for the child of God to enjoy and “dwell in your hearts by faith.” In the times when you may not see His love, show it. In times when you may not feel His love, share it. Then your faith will grow “to know the love of Christ…with all the fullness of God.” Father, thank You for Your love that is “able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think” (Eph 4:20). In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.