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So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17–19
D.L. MOODY
Many of us think we know something of God’s love, but centuries hence, we shall admit we have never found out much about it. Many of us have discovered something of the love of God, but there are heights, depths, and lengths of it we do not know. That Love is a great ocean, and we require to plunge into it before we really know anything of it.
Among the many victims of the Paris Commune was a Catholic bishop. He was a man who knew something of the love of God in his own experience. In the little cell where he was confined, awaiting execution, there was a small window in the shape of a cross. After his death, there was found written above the cross “height”; below it, “depth”; and at the end of each arm of the cross, “length” and “breadth.” He had learned that God’s love was unfailing in the hour of adversity and death.
ERWIN LUTZER
Paul prayed that Christ would dwell within our hearts by faith so that we might be “rooted and grounded in love.” Of course, all believers have Christ in their hearts, but what he means is “that Christ might feel at home in your heart by faith.” Only then can we grasp the magnitude of God’s love for us. We sing:
The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell.
PRAYER
Come be at home in my heart, Lord Jesus. Thank you for your unfathomable love.REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How does the Christian hope of resurrection fundamentally change the experience of grief and loss compared to facing death without that hope?
How does the certainty of loss, decline, and death challenge us to depend on the Lord?