Ephesians 1 cont’d:
I pray that the
eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of
His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His
inheritance in the saints, and
what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.
After writing and explaining about redemption and
all that is ours in Christ Jesus, the writer of Ephesians says that he prays
for those to whom he’s writing. In his
prayer he hopes that you realize:
Enlightened eyes in your heart
Did you know your heart has eyes? Thank goodness! Because what we see with our physical eyes on
our head is sometimes disheartening and discouraging. But the eyes of our heart, once they are
opened to the riches of his love, see the next thing…
The hope of His calling
Do you wonder what your call is here on earth,
what you were made to do? You were made to receive his inheritance of riches to
glorify his name.
The surpassing greatness of his power
This means his power surpasses all that you can
imagine. He has the power to heal, to
provide you purpose and direction, and to reflect the image of his Son in your
life.
When we truly SEE how much love the Father has lavished on us
by calling us his children, we will realize His calling on our lives to serve
him faithfully and completely, and will experience power that surpasses all
understanding.
That’s a life worth living, isn’t it?
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