Email from Abiding Place Daily Bread – July 23, 2025 (The Fourth Day – Genesis 1:14-19) Ephesians 3:18-19 – So that you may have strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. The Greek word used “strength” here in verse eighteen is ‘exischuo,’ which is derived from two Greek words: ‘ek’ which means, “with,” or “from” and ‘ischuo’ which means, “to be strong”. The Greek word ‘ischuo’ is from the root word ‘ischus,’ which means “strength” or “might.” Laying hold on the deepest depths and highest heights of the fullness of God takes revelation and insight that only the Holy Spirit can give (1 Corinthians 2:9-10, Ephesians 1:17-20). This insight surpasses the human intellect and requires supernatural ability. The very idea of the possibility of being filled with God’s fullness is unimaginable. However, when we consider that we have been filled with the Holy Spirit and how Jesus and the Father have come to dwell in us, we recognize this is indeed the will of God for our lives (John 14:17,23; Colossians 1:27; Ephesians 3:9; Luke 3:16). The indwelling fullness of God is viewed in Ephesians Chapter 4 as “the measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). The growth and maturity we are called to in God is directly related to knowing His love. John said if we dwell in love, then we dwell in God (1 John 4:16). If there is any principle and reality in God we must grasp it is this – we must walk in love (Ephesians 5:1-2, 4:15; John 13:34). The way of love must decide all of our responses and direct all of our decisions. The child of God must be willing to actively participate with the working of the Holy Spirit, Who’s desire is to reveal Jesus and express the love of God through our lives (Galatians 5:22; John 16:14; Acts 1:8; Galatians 1:16, 2:20; Philippians 1:21; Romans 5:5). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 7/23/2025
