I memorized a passage on dreams and
visions back in 2006 Ephesians 3:14-21 it has been very powerful for me. Below is the NASB version and below it is the Mirror Bible version which really spoke to me this morning.
14 For this reason I bow
my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth
derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His
glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 so
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted
and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is
the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ
which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of
God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do far
more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that
works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to
all generations [n]forever and ever. Amen.
Here
is the version from the mirror bible that really spoke to me about God’s love.
3:14 Overwhelmed by what grace
communicates, I bow my knees in awe before the Father. 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. 16 I desire for you to
realize what the Father has always envisaged for you, so that you may know the
magnitude of his intent, and be dynamically reinforced in your inner being by
the Spirit of God. 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. 18 Love is your reservoir of super human strength
which causes 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. 19 I desire for you to become intimately
acquainted with the love of Christ on the deepest possible level; far beyond
the reach of a mere academic, intellectual grasp. Within the scope of this
equation God finds the ultimate expression of himself in you. 3:20 we
celebrate him who supercharges us powerfully from within. Our biggest request
or most amazing dream cannot match the extravagant proportion of his thoughts
towards us.
I have spent about 45 minutes reading
this over and over. There is nothing I
can add.
Be blessed.
