Eph 3:14-19

I love how every sentence in this letter is so full of powerful messages. There are no throwaway words or fluff.

Two phrases that stand out in this passage are:

• “strengthened in power” (v16)
• “established in love” (v17)

What we are established in and on is our position. It’s by grace through faith. It’s our starting point, and not what we hope to “earn”.

Being strengthened in power is about action. Walking out our faith.

Without understanding both, we get out of balance. Without one, we strive. Without the other, we’re passive.

Paul expresses his desire that we may understand the main thing, the love of God.

Eph 3:17-18
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,

Notice that we grasp the love of Jesus together with God’s people, not just in isolation.