Ephesians 3:16-18 So often the sense of loneliness and emptiness can encroach on our lives. Frequently we can feel that we are all alone. No one seems to care for us. No one seems to want to be our friend.
We begin to believe that we must face all of our troubles and problems on our own. We might feel that we do not have the strength of character or the strength of faith to face difficulties. It is in these times that we have forgotten just how much God loves us.
In the letter to the Ephesians the believers are offered some encouragement. What is prayed for? What desire is expressed for the believer’s heart? What power is desired?
It takes strong faith to face all the trials of life. We must have complete confidence in the presence of God, and that confidence can come from an awareness of how God feels toward us.
When we begin to think that our faith is like the rocky soil from the parable, that our faith simply cannot grow deeper, cannot take good root in our hearts, we need to remember what our relationship with our Savior is. When we worry that life’s troubles will crowd out our ability to love and to hold onto our faith, like thorns that crowd out growing seeds, we must recall that Jesus loves us deeply.
The prayer for the believers in Ephesus is a prayer for all believers. We must remember how deep and wide and broad is the love of Christ for each of us. We can remember how much we are loved when we allow Christ to live in our hearts, when we invite the eternal presence of God to be part of how we think and feel toward life.
With that presence of Christ inside of us we can allow our love and our faith to grow deep. With the presence of Christ we are made into the good soil that allows the seed of God’s grace to take root and flourish.
DAILY CHALLENGE: What can remind you of how much Jesus loves you?
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