Love surpasses knowledge
Now, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this and maybe that is the irony of this verse...maybe I'm not suppose to wrap my mind around this.
"and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
As I think about this verse and meditate on it, I come to one conclusion thus far: to know the love of Christ is to be filled with all the fullness of God. That statement in itself is jam packed. If God is the Alpha and Omega, he knows no end and thus the fullness of God knows no bounds. You know how you feel after a huge meal of the greatest food, you want to keep eating. However, once you've eaten too much, you feel tired, and regret taking that last bite...or two. However, can you imagine being filled with all the fullness of God. Think now about the last time you really felt full of God...you're not tired or weak. Rather, God has empowered you with his love, his goodness, his power; there is no last bite with him. The soul longs for more of him. I can understand why Paul wrote that the love of God surpasses knowledge because I can't quite grasp what it would be like to be filled with fullness of God. The beauty here is this: If I am to be filled with fullness of God by knowing the love of Christ, then this love must pour over into the lives of those surrounding me, that they also may know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge. This takes quite a bit of responsibility off of me and puts all the glory back on Christ. For if his love surpasses knowledge, then does it seem true that non-believers may come to know him and be filled with God as a result of experiencing his love?
Hmmm...so much to think about. I so much want to fall in love with Christ more and more to experience what Paul was talking about. Just imagining being filled with the fullness of God both excites and overwhelms me.
"and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
As I think about this verse and meditate on it, I come to one conclusion thus far: to know the love of Christ is to be filled with all the fullness of God. That statement in itself is jam packed. If God is the Alpha and Omega, he knows no end and thus the fullness of God knows no bounds. You know how you feel after a huge meal of the greatest food, you want to keep eating. However, once you've eaten too much, you feel tired, and regret taking that last bite...or two. However, can you imagine being filled with all the fullness of God. Think now about the last time you really felt full of God...you're not tired or weak. Rather, God has empowered you with his love, his goodness, his power; there is no last bite with him. The soul longs for more of him. I can understand why Paul wrote that the love of God surpasses knowledge because I can't quite grasp what it would be like to be filled with fullness of God. The beauty here is this: If I am to be filled with fullness of God by knowing the love of Christ, then this love must pour over into the lives of those surrounding me, that they also may know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge. This takes quite a bit of responsibility off of me and puts all the glory back on Christ. For if his love surpasses knowledge, then does it seem true that non-believers may come to know him and be filled with God as a result of experiencing his love?
Hmmm...so much to think about. I so much want to fall in love with Christ more and more to experience what Paul was talking about. Just imagining being filled with the fullness of God both excites and overwhelms me.
