"That you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19
Years ago I heard a young minister preach on the enormity of God. Through his message he continually emphasized not only God's never-ending vastness, but his goodness. "God is BIG!" was his motto, repeatedly declared throughout his sermon. I never forgot his words. How many of us take the time to stop and think about the big-ness of God? Is there any problem or circumstance larger than the Maker of the universe? Robert South, theologian from the 1600's once wrote on this subject:
"
We have a very lame and imperfect conception of our great God. And the reason is very clear. We are forced to understand that which is infinite, after a finite manner. Simply put: one thing receives another, not according to the full size of the object, but according to the scanty scope of its own capacity. If we let down a vessel into the sea, we shall bring up not what the sea can afford, but only what the vessel can hold: and just so it is in our understanding of God."
Think about it, we are presently incapable of understanding God in His fullness. But we can have as much of Him as we choose to attain. Let me encourage you to pursue Him more than you presently are. He's eager to show us the height, the length, the depth and breadth of His love.
Blessings,
Steve Hill
