SEPTEMBER 22, Ephesians 3:17-19

The love of Christ far surpasses knowledge, Apostle Paul told us in this epistle. Christ’s love is unknowable! Unknowable? What does he mean? There is no way anyone with his finite human mind can fully understand how great, wonderful and perfect the love of Jesus has for us.

Someone had used an illustration to explain this. A group of divers are sent to explore an ocean. What is their assignment? They are to find out how wide, how long and how deep the ocean is. And they are given one hour to do so. After their research, all of them know something about the ocean. Each one knows something that nobody else knows. Each one can tell the rest something he has found out. But yet there is none who knows everything. What can they do in just one hour? Even all of them put together, they would know so very little of the majestic ocean. In the same way, Christ’s love is unknowable. We have only a limited lifespan on earth to know His love. The greatest Bible teacher or pastor would not be able to know all of the love of Jesus even if he spent his entire life studying!

However, let’s try to describe Christ’s love like the divers may describe the ocean. Christ’s love is wide. Paul said that his love embraces not only the Jew, but the Gentile as well. “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” said Jesus (Matthew 11:28). There is a wide invitation to come to Christ. Christ’s love extends to all. So, what is the length of Christ’s love? It is everlasting. Before the world began, he loved us. Now he loves us, and His love never fails. He loves us forever. What about the depth of the love of Christ? It was his love which brought him to the earth. It was his love that moved him to sit with sinners. It was his love that hung him on the cross. Christ is love, now in heaven interceding for His people.

Thought: May I learn more of Christ’s love!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I pray that You will help me know more of Christ’s love and experience his love. I know I am but a child but Heavenly Father, teach me daily to know more and more of Jesus’ wonderful love for me! In His precious name I pray, Amen.