The very cry of this prayer ascends as incense before the throne, for it pleads for that which is according to the will of God, even the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ. What a blessed hunger this is, to desire the eyes of the heart flooded with light so as to comprehend hope and inheritance and power! This is no mere notional knowledge, but an intimate, heart-affecting acquaintance with the glorious Father and His Anointed. And here is the sweetness of it: the same power that raised Christ from the dead and seated Him far above all principality is now at work in you who believe. This is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us, it is resurrection power, ascension power, enthronement power! Let not the weak eye of sense judge the measure of this strength, for it is according to the working of His mighty power, not our feeble feeling. Faith alone can grasp what grace has provided.
And what is the inheritance that lies before the eyes of your understanding? We preach among you the unsearchable riches of Christ. They who were far off, having no hope and without God in the world, are brought nigh by the blood of the cross. The measure of this mercy is exceeding, overflowing, marvelous. If all the tongues of men and angels cannot declare the full tale of His grace, then sure it is that the redeemed soul must spend an eternity plumbing depths it can never exhaust. The hope of His calling is not the uncertain hope that perishes, but a hope built upon the true saying of God, anchored within the veil by the One who sits upon the throne of God and of the Lamb. To know the hope of His calling is to know Christ, who is that hope, for He Himself is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
To know the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, this is to behold what God prizes and has purchased for Himself. He has given us all things for nothing, that we might behold the exceeding riches of His grace, and the title deed is written in the blood of the everlasting covenant. What are these riches? They are not the cold treasures of a miser’s hoard, but the fullness of Him who fills all in all, the mutual possession of Christ and His Church. The church is His body, His fullness, and He the Head over all things is her portion. This belongs to you by free gift, and the Spirit given is its earnest. What a dignity is this, what a glorious mystery is this, that poor sinners should be made the inheritance of God!
And do not merely contemplate these things as distant doctrines, but press forward to take possession of them. The word to the church is not to wander on the borders, but to arise and walk through the land, for every place the sole of the foot treads upon is given to faith. God’s throne is not in peril, and the truth of God cannot be defeated. All power is given unto Christ, and He exercises this power for His church. Therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness. Let the central cry of the heart be for power with God, a power that comes not by human force or carnal reasoning, but by pleading the promises and the relationships of grace. Wrestle like a prince until the breaking of the day, for the blessing is there for those who will not let Him go except He bless them. This is not a vain exercise, for Christ is the power of God; trust in Him alone, and you shall know that happy is the man who thus makes the Lord his trust. Let all confidence in self be ground to powder, and let the life be hidden with Christ in God, for at the right hand of the Father there is no room for the arm of flesh, only for the sufficiency of the risen Son.
For this reason, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, WE DO NOT CEASE giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers, that the God of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Glorious Father, may give to us The Ho]ly Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to know Him better (Epignonowskow -- deep, personal and intimate acquaintance). Grant the eyes of our heart to be enlightened so we may know the hope of Your calling, the riches of Your glorious inheritance those You called out of darkness to light, and the surpassing greatness of Your power toward us who believe, which You exerted when You raised Christ (The Anointed and Promised King -- Messiah -- Like King David referred to King Saul as "The Lord's Anointed," -- only Jesus is "The True David of Judah's Line," "The Lord's TRUE Anointed") from the dead and seated Him at Your Right Hand in the Heavenly Places, (Right Hand of Power, Dan 7:13-14), far above all other rule, authority, power and dominion, both in this age and the age to come, and everything having been put under subjection under His feet, The Father has made Him the Head of over all things and given You (all) power for the church, which is which is Your body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Thank You and you all in Jesus' Name (Ephesians 1:15-23).
