so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 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, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:17-19

Dear God, I read these verses at a wedding one time. As I read it this morning I’m noticing the real thing for which Paul is praying for the Ephesians is that they would have the power to grasp and know your love. Your love is so big that it’s not something we can casually understand. It’s also not something I can casually explain. We need your help to “grasp how long and high and wide and deep” your love is.

So how am I doing in grasping that reality? Do I have a long way to go? How about my explaining it and sharing it with others? How about receiving it? How about extending it to others?

Father, I am confident that I’m deficient in all of these areas. I don’t grasp it. I don’t explain it well. I don’t receive and experience it fully. And I don’t extend it to others at the level to which you would like me to. So please help me, I pray. Grant me the power to grasp how long and high and wide and deep your love is. When I’ve been able to fully grasp it, I’m confident that everything else will flow from that.

In Jesus’ name I pray.

Amen