Ephesians 3.15 Every family in heaven and on earth originates in him; his is mankind’s family name and he remains the authentic identity of every nation.
I read this and it makes me think that every single person on this planet is either my brother or my sister. We love our brothers and our sisters.
What makes it so hard to love everyone? Could the reason be that you don’t feel empowered. Could a reason be that you don’t feel the love of the father so it’s hard to love others because you don’t feel loved?
Maybe just pause for a sec and just ask?
Ephesians 3.17 This will ignite your faith to fully grasp the reality of the indwelling Christ. You are rooted and founded in love. Love is your invisible inner source, just like the root system of a tree and the foundation of a building. (The dimensions of your inner person exceed any other capacity that could possibly define you.)
This is where we need to live. Love is the invisible source. We don’t live for, we live from.
We live from the Jesus that is inside of us.
Ephesians 3.18 Love is your reservoir of super human 1strength which 2causes you to see everyone equally sanctified in the context of the limitless extent of love’s breadth and length and the extremities of its dimensions in depth and height. (The word, 1exischuo means to be entirely competent, to be empowered to 2comprehend. The word 2katalambano, kata, strengthened form; with lambano, to grasp, thus to entirely grasp, means to come to terms with, to make one’s own. Rom 12:13 Purpose with resolve to treat strangers as Saints; pursue and embrace them with fondness as friends on equal terms of fellowship. Rom 12:16 Esteem everyone with the same respect; no one is more important than the other. Associate yourself rather with the lowly than with the lofty. Do not distance yourself from others in your own mind. [“Take a real interest in ordinary people.”— JB Phillips] In the breadth and length we see the horizontal extent of the love of Christ: the complete inclusion of the human race. 2 Cor 5:14,16. The depth of his love reveals how his love rescued us from the deepest pits of hellish despair and led us as trophies in his triumphant procession on high. Eph 2:5,6, Eph 4:8-10, Col 3:1-4)
I think the commentary on Verse 18 is so powerful.
I love being a trophy in the triumphal procession.
Love well
Matthew 6.6 