God's love for each of us

"that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,  18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—  19to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God".       Ephesians 3:17-19    NKJV

Do we really know the love that Jesus has for each of us? I don't think we do. We know we are loved, very much but, Jesus' love is so vast that it would be impossible for us to understand it all now. Over the years, as we grow closer to Him, He will keep showing us more and more of this special love and, even when we are face to face with Him in heaven, it will probably take millions of years to understand it all. As I said, it is vast.

Jesus wants us to grow in Him daily and as we become closer, to Him, we will have an intimacy with Him that will help us to become more and more deeply rooted in Him. I'm talking about the internal side of us, not the external. We need to get the internal glowing first so that, the external will be glistening with the power and love of God. To gain this, we don't need a change in our situation as such but our internal parts need to be charged, in fact, some may have become so dull that they are only working on half-power. 

Now if an iPad needs to be charged when the power has run out, we wouldn't initially take it to a repairer to have it fixed. Not at all, the answer is internal, we would need to get the lead and plug it in. Well rather like that, we need the inner strength of the Holy Spirit. 

The Greek word for dwell means to 'Make yourself at home.' Therefore, Jesus wants to make himself feel at home within us. He must be free  to fully roam within us, almost like going from room to room, examining what needs to come in and what needs throwing out. As we allow Him to do this, we must be ready and willing to obey what He comes up with. One important thing He wants from us, is to have deep love for others. Not easy I know but, achievable. In the Old Testament commandments we read 'Love your neighbour'. Jesus is adding to this with 'Love your enemies'. You see, God's love has no limits, when we get to know Him better, we realise that love is uppermost in His desires for us.

And He wants the same from us too.

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
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