This prayer from the apostle is a ladder set up from earth to heaven, each rung drawing the soul higher into the bliss of divine communion. To be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man, this is the root of all true godliness. Without the Holy Spirit’s operative power we are as reeds shaken by the wind, unable to stand against the gusts of temptation or to rise toward the pure light of God. Yet mark well: the Spirit works not to magnify our own wills, but to glorify Christ. When you feel your frailty, it is so that His strength may be made perfect in your weakness. The Spirit ever receives of Christ’s things and shows them unto us; therefore seek not a power that leaves the Saviour in the shadows, but plead for that divine might which makes Christ precious, real, and reigning upon the throne of your heart.
Faith is the door by which Christ enters to dwell within. He does not visit as a casual guest, soon to depart, but abides, fixing his throne in the inner chambers, transforming the soul into a temple of the living God. This is no dreamy mysticism, for wherever the Spirit writes the law upon the heart, the believer delights in holiness after the inward man. The commands once dreaded become sweet as honey; the precepts once burdensome are now the very cords of love binding the soul to the Saviour. When Christ truly indwells us, our feet are set in a large room of peace, and we traverse the pilgrimage of life without stumbling, for our love to Him orders every step.
To comprehend with all saints the breadth, length, depth, and height of Christ’s love, this is a knowledge that surpasses the most learned philosophy. The Holy Spirit alone can unveil it, for He searches the deep things of God. Think not that your sins bar you from this revelation; the Spirit glorifies Christ precisely by showing that the blood cleanseth from all unrighteousness. When you are laid low in self-despair, then is the moment for this love to shine brightest. It is a filling thing, this love, it satisfies the soul’s aching emptiness, roots us firmly like a tree by the rivers of water, and grounds us against the assaults of doubt. Oh, do not remain content with a few drops of love when the whole ocean of Christ’s affection awaits you! Press on to know it, for in the knowledge of it you shall be strong, stable, and sweetly constrained to love the brethren.
This brings you to the summit of the apostle’s petition: to be filled with all the fulness of God. Such a marvel cannot be explained, only experienced. All fulness dwells in Christ, fulness of pardon for the sinner, fulness of grace for the saint, and from that inexhaustible store the Spirit distills into our souls according to our capacity. Seek this blessing not as a sudden ecstasy, but as the orderly work of God: first, Christ dwelling in the heart; then, rooted and grounded in love; then, knowing His surpassingly great love; and at last, filled with God Himself. Let no unbelief whisper that this is too high for you; He who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think will yet accomplish it in those who wait upon Him. Be earnest in prayer, but let your prayers be ever in the Holy Spirit, for He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Beware of grieving the blessed Spirit by neglect or by harbouring sin. When coldness creeps over your devotion, fly to Christ, for the Spirit ever works in closest union with Him. Speak much with Jesus, meditate upon His Word, and let your conversation be such as becometh the gospel. The Spirit will then write the law on your heart, not as a stern code, but as the warm impulse of a loving bride for her Bridegroom. So shall you ascend that ladder, rung by rung, till you lose yourself in the divine immensity. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, world without end.
"We bow our knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, asking He would grant us, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power and might through His Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in our hearts' through faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all those God has made holy, what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that we may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen, Eph 3:14-20."
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
