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Tuesday... Do we really realize where it comes from?


Ephesians 3:19a (NLT), "May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully."

Tuesday... Do we really realize where it comes from?

There is so much hate in this world and it comes sometimes from people who say they have love. But maybe they just don't understand what it is and where it really comes from. Now some of this hate comes from people who profess to have love inside of them. Yes, there are some families who say they have God's love in them but hate other members of their family. The same is true in some churches.

So again, the question is, do we really realize where love comes from? And another good question is, have we really experienced real love?


Now Paul in the middle of some battles between religious people says this in Ephesians 3:19a (NLT), "May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully."

Yes, this world really needs love, it needs to see and experience the love of Christ.

Paul says in verses 16-17, "I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him." And this is so great. "Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong." There is the key. There is where real love really comes from.

Yes, there is how our love continues to grow. "Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong." We must have Christ's Spirit living in our hearts and as we trust him our roots will keep growing into God's love and we will be strong. And yes we need to be strong with all that is happening around us. Without this strength hate will start growing in our lives, in our churches and in our families.

Now verse 18 says, "And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is."

And yes, "I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong."

Now hate cuts through those roots.

And verse 19 says, "May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God." And that is what we really need in this day in which we live.


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