Daily Manna for Tuesday, March 21, 2006

[ComeFrom?]

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV

[Mrs Backlasher]

Oh, my! The glorious riches of God! Doesn't that concept just stagger the mind?!

Additionally, Paul wants us "to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."

I'm reminded of the words to a hymn, "O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus."

"O, the deep, deep love of Jesus; vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullnes over me.
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of thy love;
Leading onward, leading homeward, to my glorious rest above.

O, the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread his praise from shore to shore!
How he loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore.
How he watches o'er his loved ones, died to call them all his own;
How for them he intercedeth, watcheth o'er them from the throne!

O, the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
'Tis an ocean vast of blessing, 'tis a haven sweet of rest.
O, the deep, deep love of Jesus, 'tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to thee."

Words by S. Trevor Francis