Trust

On Tuesday, we read Paul’s explanation of God’s “mysterious plan” that enabled both Jews and Gentiles to experience His grace. Today, Paul offers a prayer for the church in Ephesus ... a prayer that flowed from the thought of that plan.

Ephesians 3

14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,

15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.

16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.

18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Trust. Paul’s prayer offers some beautiful “destinations” in our spiritual journey ... strong, love,complete, life, power; but it all begins with trust. Trust is a concept that is easy to claim when life is flowing smoothly and harder to express when life is an uphill battle. I do pray that you experience all of those things in your journey; but more than that, I pray that you will learn to trust Jesus no matter what challenge you face.