I tell you that when you have been studying the same word or concept for a number of weeks it is difficult each day to know that you will learn something more each day. I sit here each morning over the past few weeks in the study of “knowledge” and pray that God will give me the ability to learn what it is He has in store for me, and today was not exception. I sat down and was led to Ephesians 3:19 that I have studied at least once before, and upon seeing the verse as the one to study today, I was perplexed as to what more would God teach me from here. Well it did not take long for God to reveal to me the purpose of my study this morning.
The whole of the passage of Ephesians 3:14-21 is two sentences. I am going to drill into verse 19 this morning as I write.
“19and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” – Ephesians 3:19 (ESV)
You see, here Paul writes of the “love of Christ” and “the fullness of God”. The concept is that both are greater than any knowledge we have here in this world. The love of Christ Paul clearly states “surpasses knowledge”, and I take away that the fullness of God does just as well to surpass knowledge.
When we are in the love of Christ, we find ourselves filled with the fullness of God. With that, we are part of the greater understanding than just knowledge of human things and ideas. With the love of Christ and the fullness of God, we are led to be the tool that God uses to reach those around us.
This morning as I was praying before my study, I asked, as I do most mornings, for God to allow others to see Him in me through my actions. I have to take away that I am not here for me but to do the work of God and capitalize on the love of Christ and the fullness of God by presenting both to others through my actions. Yesterday it was brought to me by once of those I have the pleasure of training for the next few weeks that I demonstrate a great amount of patience with all of the technical and other challenges that come with my role. I can only believe that is possible thanks to my display of the love of Christ and fullness of God in all that I do.
As Paul puts it, “the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge”. It is my duty to display that love each day and know that He is greater than all, no matter what it is that we may know here in this world.
When you are out there in the world, what is it that you lean on to impact others? Are you out there on your own stating just how much you know? What if you were to demonstrate the love of Christ and the fullness of God to show just how much greater they are than knowledge?
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