This week’s devotions are based on Week 6 of the Series Ephesians: Becoming Who You Are (CLICK HERE)
Depth provides stability.
If you are building a building, the depth of the foundation is important to the stability of the building. In soft soil, piers have to be driven deep into the ground to provide solid stability for whatever is built on top of it.
Depth provides strength.
A tree that has a deep tap root can withstand stronger winds than a tree with a shallow root base. A fence pole that is driven deep into the ground can provide a strong point of anchoring for the rest of the fence.
Depth provides sustenance.
I learned recently that when you plant a tomato plant from a starter plant, you don’t just put the part of the plant that has soil on it into the ground, rather you pluck the lower leaves off and then bury the plant up to the second set of leaves (or even deeper). At the bottom of a young tomato plant are little fuzzy hairs that come out of the stem. When these are buried, they become roots that provide much more sustenance for the plant as it produces fruit.
The love of Christ is deep.
This week we have been looking at the width, height, length and depth of God’s love for us. The directional terms combined communicate the expansive nature of God’s love for us. But when one looks at each individually, the marvel of his love and grace are greatly augmented.
Ephesians 3:18-19 And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
The depth of Christ’s love provides stability.
The one constant in life for the Christian is the love of Christ. No matter what happens in life we cannot be separated from the love of God.
Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The depth of Christ’s love provides strength.
The more the reality and impact of God’s love works in me, the stronger our faith becomes. It drives our lives, calms our hearts, and assures our mind.
Colossians 2:6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
The depth of Christ’s love provides sustenance.
We cannot give what we do not have. Christ love pours into us so that his love can pour out of us.
2 Corinthians 5:14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
I pray that you grasp, I pray that I can grasp the depth of Christ’s love for us!
Apply: Which of these three aspects of the depth of Christ’s love do you need most today? How will you fill yourself with Christ’s love today?
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for the depth of your love for us. May it give us stability, strength and sustenance today! AMEN