Tapping into The Fullness of God

Ephesians 3:18-21 says, "¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ 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, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
²⁰ Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

You msy ask, "This is great, but how can I know the fullness of God?" You may also think that this book is not written to you but many years ago to another audience.

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Well I have news for you, if you are a Christ follower, these words are for you!

How many of us get caught up in the everyday hum drum of life and fail to really grasp the full measure of God and His love for us? Do you really, as a Christ follower really understand, feel, and know the fullness of God?

Many of us get caught up in our careers, fsmily and marital conflicts and we never understand God's real, tangible love. We simply go through the motions of "Christian culture" and suppose that God is ok with a lukewarm, complacent 1/2 way Christ follower.

But the reality is that most of us never really grasp the fullness of God's love. We do not understand that we can have a thriving relationship with God through Christ Jesus.

Many of us are like little sapplings that never journey out into the fullness of who God has called us to be. We get stuck in the elementary things of God. We think we are pretty mature Christians because we go to church two, sometimes 3 times a week and pay at least 10% tithe.

But the fact is that many of us get hung up on past hurts, rejections, bitter judgments, let downs, abandonments, and even failures.

Many of you are filled with pain and sorrow in your heart from hurts and things that have happened in the past. You medicate the pain and ignore it by pursuing a carreer that will require you to devote most of your time and energy into staying at an office or jobsite most of the day. Thus you will not have to feel the pain of being home around family members who cause you pain.

Your unforgiveness and bitterness is eating you alive and you do not realize it. 

In Luke 4:18 we read how Jesus came to heal the broken hearted and set the captives free. Jesus wants to free you from the miserable state you are in. 

The key is that you must forgive and repent of bitterness and judgments of the people in your past who have hurt you, especially your family members. 

James 4:8 says, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." I challenge you to draw near to God in prayer, reading the Word of God, and meditation. Pray and ask God to show you His will for your life. Repent of all bitterness/unforgiveness. Ask God to show you how you can be a blessing/service to others.

Maybe for some of you reading this you realize you do not know the love of God. You do not feel God's love in your heart because you have never surrendered your life to Him. You have never given your life to Christ in faith and asked God to forgive you of your sins. We read in John 3:16, "For God so loved the whole world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life." Romans 10:9, 10 says, 9"If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved 10 One believes with the heart resulting in righteousness and confesses with the mouth resulting in salvation." 

I challenge you today to surrender your life to Christ in faith and accept the free gift of Salvation offered through faith and belief in Christ and how He died for you on the cross of Calvary.