God’s Resources Are Unlimited And Will Empower You

I pray that from God’s glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Ephesians 3:16

I probably don’t need to ask, but I’ll ask anyhow. Do you want God’s unlimited resources to empower you? Who wouldn’t say yes to a question like that?

To us, Gentiles, the Apostle Paul gave us some encouraging words. He let us know that until Jesus came onto the scene, only the Jews had access to God’s resources.

In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope. But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:12-13

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Don’t you find it hard to believe that, at one time, our ancestors didn’t have access to God? The apostle let us know that through Christ, He grafted us into the family as if we always belonged.

So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Ephesians 2:9

Paul continued by saying that God himself revealed His mysterious plan to him. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but by his Spirit, he revealed it to his apostles and prophets.

And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus. Ephesians 3:6

The Apostle Paul’s Privilege

The apostle considered it a privilege to serve God by spreading this Good News. So, first, he revealed God’s plan. Next, he laid out God’s purpose, which involves the church.

God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord. Ephesians 3:10-11

At one time, God only extended His promises to the Jews and not the Gentiles. But now, through the saving work of Christ Jesus, we have access to all of God’s resources.

Paul then prayed in verse 16, this powerful prayer for the church. He asked that it receive God’s glorious, unlimited resources with the empowerment of inner strength through his Spirit.

The more we rely on God’s resources, the more room we will have for God in our lives. Paul referred to it as letting the roots of God’s love sprout and grow in us.

Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. Ephesians 3:17

We begin to take on more of God’s nature when the roots grow deep into our hearts. I once read a phrase that I considered profound. “Love isn’t what God does. Love is who God is.”

And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. Ephesians 3:18

God’s Resources and Love

We will always receive God’s resources on a foundation of love. He wants us to go beyond just knowing about His love. God reveals it to us so we can experience His love.

May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Ephesians 3:19

Why can’t we understand the love the Lord extends to us? I suppose the easy answer comes because of our finite thinking. We tend to put parameters around the amount of love we give out.

Defining God’s love will always fall short. What we recognize about His love includes the following. Unconditional, eternal, and freely given to everyone, regardless of their actions.

The Bible gives us an idea of God’s love in First Corinthians 13, the love chapter. That chapter tells us what love does and doesn’t do, but our understanding of it doesn’t go too deep.

So, instead of trying to understand the Love of the Lord, the apostle says we should just experience it. Verse 19 continues by telling us what that experience will get us.

Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Ephesians 3:19

The fullness of life we receive from the Lord means that God’s resources will flow from us. Then, the Lord can use us to effectively minister the love of Christ to others.

Think for a moment where we Gentiles have come since Jesus died on the cross and rose again. He made a way for us to become heirs of God and joint heirs with Him.

In other words, He made us a part of God’s family. Therefore, because of the rights and privileges of family, we can go directly to God in Jesus’ name. So, give God glory!

All Glory for God’s Resources

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20

God’s glorious, unlimited resources have empowered us with inner strength through His Spirit. God’s emphasis points to His unlimited resources, forever and ever.

Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:21

Lord, thank you for making us complete with all the fullness of your love. You have provided us with spiritual strength through your unlimited resources.

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