Ephesians 3:14-21 Lord, Please Feel Very Much At Home In Me

This section  is entitled "Get Your Hands On Your Wealth" in my commentary.  Paul is praying that we will be enabled -- "Laying our hands on what God has for us and by faith making it a vital part of our lives."  His prayer deals with "the spiritual condition of the inner man and not the material needs of the body."

His prayer had four parts that it said are like the parts of a telescope working together:  "that the inner man might have spiritual strength, which will, in turn, lead to a deeper experience with Christ.  This deeper experience will enable them to get hold of God's great love, which will result in their being filled with the fullness of God."

He prayed for strength, depth, apprehension (getting hold of God's love), and fullness; but it was the part on depth that God really spoke to me about this morning.  "He used three pictures here to convey the idea of spiritual depth, and the three pictures are hidden in the three verbs:  dwell, rooted, and grounded.  The verb dwell literally means to settle down and feel at home... He yearned for Christ to settle down and feel at home in the hearts of His people -- not a surface relationship, but an ever-deepening fellowship."

My commentary then illustrated this with Abraham's life:  "The Lord Himself came down and visited Abraham's tent and brought two angels with Him.  They talked with Abraham and even ate a meal with him.  They felt very much AT HOME, because Abraham was a man of faith and obedience... Lot, a believer, was living in Sodom .... but the Lord Himself did not go to Sodom.  He sent two angels.  The Lord did not FEEL AT HOME in Lot's house the way He FELT AT HOME in Abraham's tent."

Father, I want Christ to feel very much at home in my inner man.  I want the close fellowship He had with Abraham.  I want to grab hold of the vastness of Your love for me and never let it go.  Control my spiritual faculties.  Exercise them and grow them.

Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford