And to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19)
When was the last time you gave any deep thought to just how loved you truly are by your Savior? Well, if you spent every waking moment marinating in and meditating on this truth, you would not even begin to plumb the depths of how loved you truly are. Let it both comfort you and challenge you to rise above the waves of challenge you might be facing today. Listen to how Charles Spurgeon describes this love in his Morning and Evening devotion:
Where shall language be found which shall describe His matchless, His unparalleled love towards the children of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but skimmeth the water, and diveth not into its depths, so all descriptive words but tough the surface, while depths immeasurable lie beneath.
The apostle Paul tells us in our verse today that this love simply surpasses knowledge. Finite mind simply cannot understand infinite love and what it does understand of it, would not fill a teaspoon to overflowing. It is a love that God in Christ had for us in eternity past, when we were not. When there was only the Triune God, there still was His love for us that surpasses knowledge. Then there was a love that surpasses knowledge that created us in His own image. The heart that beat with that love never skipped a beat when we rebelled, but rather, it pursued rebels on the run. Who can understand that kind of love?
The love that surpasses knowledge sought us, caught us, and bought us with His precious blood as He hung upon a cross on Calvary’s hill. Oh, what agony Jesus endured to have us as His own. He was denied, betrayed, falsely accused, beaten, scourged, had a crown of thorns pressed into His brow and nine-inch nails driven through His hands and His feet. And if that wasn’t enough pain in pursuit of the objects of His affection (you and me), He endured the infinite agony of the supernatural separation when His Father could not look upon His Son who because sin for us and cried out, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me.”
And if there is a time when we just might begin to sense the depths of divine love that has been poured out upon us, notice the last portion of the verse – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. It is utterly impossible to fathom what it means to be filled with the love of God. How much more to fathom what it means to be filled with all the fullness of God. Beloved, know this . . . when knowledge is surpassed, it is simply best to receive and rest in its truth – and let it fill your heart to overflowing.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 