Free Bible Commentary
“Ephesians 3:14-19”
Categories: Ephesians“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.”
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All of us with children like to give them good gifts. We would even be willing to personally do without some things we like, and even need, in order to shower our loved ones with excellent blessings. The wonderful thing about being children of the Father in Heaven is that He wants to “grant” (verse 16) us all good things (Matthew 7:11; Romans 8:32; 1 Timothy 6:17), and He has an unlimited storehouse of riches from which to draw, and unlimited power with which to grant them.
One of the things we all find ourselves in need of from time to time is strength (verse 16). We get physically exhausted from the toil and challenges of everyday life, and grow mentally and spiritually weary from exposure to all the temptation, darkness and godlessness of the world in which we live. Sometimes we become so weak that we do not even know if we will find the strength to go on. God is more than willing and able to strengthen us “in the inner man” so that we can stand firm in our faith, and continue to run the race with endurance.
God strengthens us “with power through the Holy Spirit.” Jesus said in Luke 11:13, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” We learn from Jesus that we need to “ask” (pray) for the strength that comes through the giving of the Spirit. And we know that the Spirit gives us strength by reading and dwelling upon the word that He has inspired (Psalm 119:28).
Much of our strength also depends upon our own faith and attitude. When we realize, like Paul did, that we “can do all things through Him who strengthens” us (Philippians 4:13), there is no spiritual challenge that the Lord will not empower us to overcome. So, when you are feeling feeble and fragile, remember to pray to the Father for strength, and to plug into your spiritual power plant (the Bible), and to flip the attitude switch from negative to positive, having faithful confidence in the Lord and His potency to empower.
“We have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience.” (Colossians 1:9-11)
Stay with Ephesians 3:14-19 for one more day.
Blessings!d
- Louie Taylor
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