Wow I am Weak

Prayer for Spiritual Strength

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family [3] in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

I sure do wish I were the person in Ephesians 3:14-19.

I am not as strong as I think I am. I am therefore not the person I think I am. In my youth I used to think I was strong and could handle anything that came my way. Really who doesn't? There certainly was Grace sufficient to sustain me during those struggles. The picture of that walk looked nothing like "being rooted and grounded in love". In my wiser years, you know after college, I recall even boasting in my ability to handle stressful situations. As if that was a job skill that would set me apart from others. Well, I landed that job. The first chance I had to get out of there... I took it! Because by no means did I "comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth". As I have reflected on these things, my current claim to strength is only in fleeting moments of intensity. So now, I am thinking only in emergency situations. Because they are usually brief! So reading this one might think that I am growing less strong in my faith as the years fly by. But really I am trusting more and more to "know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge". And pretty soon, I'll be just as weak in a crisis as I think I am strong now! Maybe then I will be "filled with all the fullness of God."