Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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Strength and knowledge are qualities that we generally all aspire to and esteem in others. In our culture today fitness and health is a popular pursuit, and certainly a healthy one. Knowledge is one of the major emphases of parents as they raise children and point them to careers. Knowledge is seen as the key stepping stone to success.
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But there is another kind of strength and another category of knowledge that is greater. There is a knowledge and a strength that flows from Heaven, from the Lord. This strength and this knowledge resides in our innermost person and is a gift...not the kind of strength we can develop from time in the gym. It really isn't our strength at all...it is His strength that descends from His glory and it is the only way we can have the knowledge that doesn't come from our heads but from His presence. So the strength of the Lord may penetrate our experience to allow us to know the Lord experientially...in a way that far surpasses our ability to comprehend.
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After all, it is His strength and it is the knowledge of Him that is our greatest need!
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blessings,
Rob Smith
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"Death is inevitable. Life is a choice!"
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."
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