ESOCS Devotional 2 February 2025 – The Magnitude of God’s Love
MEMORY VERSE: “May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height.” Ephesians 3:18 KJV
TEXT: EPHESIANS 3:1-21
or this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— 2 if indeed you have heard of the [a]dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, 7 of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.
8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to make all see what is the [b]fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things [c]through Jesus Christ; 10 to the intent that now the [d]manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the [e]principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. 13 Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [f]of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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God’s love is total! It is only through a strong fellowship of love that we can begin to understand the magnitude of the love of God. It is only through love that we can understand those things that are beyond this world of which the love of God is one.
Every human being has the emotional capacity and ability to act out of love. However, such love is limited to the extent of the emotional abilities of man. God’s love far exceeds the ability of man to love. One way to begin to understand the magnitude of God’s love is to manifest love towards others, especially loving others like ourselves. For this reason, Paul exhorted the Ephesians to be established firmly in that, by which all men know we are the disciples of Jesus; that is, by our love of one another (John 13: 34, 35).
Defining God’s love, Apostle Paul said it is total. According to him, it reaches every corner of our experience. It is long – it continues throughout the length of our lives. It is deep – it reaches the depths of discouragement, despair, and even death. It is wide – it covers the breadth of our experience and reaches out to the whole world. It is high – it rises to the heights of our celebration and elation.
When you feel shut out or isolated, remember that you can never be lost to God’s love, for it is total. That is the magnitude of His love!
CHALLENGES
- Do we really understand the extent of God’s love?
PRAYER POINT
- Dear Lord, open the eyes of my understanding to know the magnitude of your love.
FURTHER READING: John 3:16; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 4:7-21
ESOCS Devotional 2 February 2025
