My Lord, make room in my heart and give me power to receive more grace in time of need, broaden my mind to understand how wonderfully awesome you are.
“I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!” (Psa. 119:32) “1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: YOU DO 2ENLARGE ME when I AM in distress; have mercy upon me and HEAR MY PRAYER.” (Psalms 4:1) 1anah: to eye or to pay attention. See me Abba Father as well as hear me when I call to you. IN MY MIND, I know you are right here with me if I know you can see me. 2rachab: broaden, MAKE ROOM
“I pray that out of Christ’s glorious riches he may STRENGTHEN YOU WITH POWER through his Spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith…I pray that you WILL SUTTON, being rooted and established in love, MAY HAVE POWER…TO GRASP (to take eagerly, to possess) how WIDE and how LONG and how HIGH and how DEEP is THE LOVE OF CHRIST, and to 3KNOW THIS LOVE that surpasses (goes beyond) knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of ALL the fullness of God.” (Eph. 3:17-19) 3ginōskō: an intimate knowledge, INTIMACY
Abba Father I want to intimately “know” the full capacity of Christ’s love this will take a lot of ‘POWER and ROOM’, knowing that love is beyond what I can understand, it goes beyond knowledge. Give me “POWER” to know the capacity of this love so I have “ROOM” to be completely filled with all THE FULLNESS OF GOD!
“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him— THESE ARE THE THINGS GOD HAS REVEALED TO US BY HIS SPIRIT. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God…Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.” (1 Corin. 2:9-10, 16)
-Bill Stockham