Scripture & Reflection: Sunday 28th July & for the week ahead:

Scripture:

“I pray that you may have the power 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.” (Ephesians 3.18-19)

Reflection:

When we ask people to pray for us, we may expect it to be dramatic and using lots of long and difficult words. We may expect lofty phrases. It might be about something specific in our lives, such as relief from illness or grief. We don’t always expect people to pray that we may know God. Here, the writer goes some way to demonstrate just how much we don’t know because of how enormous God is. If we had that understanding, it may be akin to finding the answer to the mystery of life itself. However, the prayer is that we understand the love of God and that it fills us up. Imagine the most powerful love you’ve felt, whether for a parent, carer, child or lover. Then multiply that, substantially. It still wouldn’t compare to how much we are loved by God. So, a dramatic prayer indeed.

Victoria Bray