Jul 21, 2018
The love of God. We’ve all heard about it. And most of us believe in it and are counting on it. But it is amazing how easily and quickly we can begin to doubt His love for us. As soon as something goes wrong in our lives, we tend to jump to the conclusion that God has fallen out of love with us. We assume He is angry with us. But Paul wanted the believers in Ephesus to grasp just how much God loved them. So, he prayed that God would somehow expose them to the greatness of His matchless love. It’s interesting that he prayed that God would give them strength to comprehend. But the love of God isn’t always easy to recognize. Oftentimes, it comes across to us as punishment or displeasure. But Scripture tells us that God disciplines those He loves. He loves us enough not to let us do those things that could harm our relationship with Him. So, He brings loving discipline into our lives. God uses the extremes of life – the good and the bad – to draw us closer to Him. His goal is our godliness. He loved us enough to redeem us and is in the process of radically transforming us.