Overflowing Love

September 14, 2025
Ephesians 3:14-21

Painters, poets, theologians, and hymn writers have all tried to capture something of God, yet God cannot be measured with any tool or boundary. And yet, we often attempt to confine God by limiting his place in our lives—attending church on Sunday but forgetting prayer on Monday, seeking forgiveness without changing our ways, praising God in worship but failing to share his love, or thanking God for blessings while withholding them from others. When our view of God is too small, we feel helpless instead of hopeful, alone when God is with us, and overwhelmed by our brokenness when God is reaching out. That is why the Apostle prays that we might receive the power to comprehend the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, and live beyond measure lives—lives marked by loving enemies, being born again, valuing what God values, and forgiving without limit. Though these things may seem foolish to the world, they reveal a love and power far beyond our own.