Can you believe vv. 14-19 is one sentence? Divide it up, use the prepositions as your clue to understand.
(v. 16) God will grant you His strength through the Spirit according to God's riches. And his riches are beyond what we think is rich.
WHY?
(v. 17) SO that Christ can dwell in your hearts through faith - more specifically, you being grounded in love in all you do
WHY?
So that you can experience just like the saints that went before you - how BIG, DEEP, LONG,HIGH, WIDE God's love really is.
You're probably thinking to yourself - why was Paul so crazy into God? What made Him that way? Maybe you don't think that's a big deal.. but being into God isn't like a fad. You don't just get into it because you think it's cool. Actually in a lot of ways it's not the coolest thing..
You get into it because of His love.
God shows you how big His love is for you.
And because He loved us first - it's like automatically we want to respond back to Him in love. It's like automatically we want to praise Him.
So, the first step isn't what can I do to become more crazy about God. It's more like - how can you stand still or sit still in His arms and let Him love you. Can you sit still in His presence long enough, still enough that you can hear Him speaking words of love to you?
Be still my child. Listen, for I am speaking of my love for you.
I love you.
-God
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