Devotion on Ephesians

 Devotion on Ephesians

 

 In Vs 18, Paul says, “may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.”

 

      Paul wants all God’s people to have the power to really know the love of Christ.  In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed three times to have the cup of death pass from Him but two factors motivated Him to the cross, the love for mankind and the will of God.  Jesus knew we could not save ourselves.  He knew He had to do it.  He took action, He made us complete and He gave us the fruit of love.   Paul wants all God’s people not just in the area of Ephesus but all generations for all time to grasp, comprehend and understand the vastness of God’s love.  The unsearchable, unfathomable, and beyond the comprehension of God’s love.  Paul used measurement to illustrate his point.  The width, length, height, and depth of God’s love.  Truth be told you cannot measure the love of Christ.   Frank Thompson said that it was the cords of love that kept Christ on the cross.  It was love that motivated Him to be our substitute and sacrifice.  It was love that moved Him to allow His body to be broken and His blood shed.  This was Paul’s prayer.  Lord let you people begin to see, acknowledge, comprehend and understand the incredible vastness of God’s love.  That is why while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.  Jesus said, “No greater love can be given than when you lay down your life for a friend. “