"The Riches... of His Glorious Inheritance."

"Holy One, may I have the grace to pray and meditate on behalf of my community of faith.  May we learn patience, tolerance, empathy, compassion and gentleness.  May we abstain from anger, anxiety, compulsive behaviour, discouragement, and shame.  May we know and follow Jesus more closely, seeking justice, loving kindness and walking humbly."


Ephesians 1:15-19
15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^* towards all the saints, and for this reason ¹⁶I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. ¹⁷I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, ¹⁸so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, ¹⁹and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power.


1) "...I remember you in my prayers;" "...the Father of glory;" "...a spirit of wisdom and revelation;" "..the eye of your heart enlightened;" "...the hope to which he has called you;" "...the riches of his glorious inheritance;" "...immeasurable greatness;" "...great power;"


2) Wouldn't it be nice to "know what is the hope to which he has called" us? or "what are the riches of his glorious inheritance"? or "what is the immeasurable greatness of his power"?  What is it to have the eye of the heart enlightened?  What is the hope to which Christ has called us?   what are the riches of his glorious inheritance?  what is the immeasurable greatness of his power?  Are we supposed to know the answers to these questions?  Do we assume the answers?  Do we just accept the slogans that we've been handed from generations before?  Do we believe/trust the hope, the riches and the greatness of God's power? Are they eyes of our hearts enlightened? 


3) What is the invitation in all this?  To trust that the power God invests in us is of immeasurable greatness.  To trust that, though I perceive scarcity, God promises a riches of his glorious inheritance.  To choose the hope to which we have been called.  To let our hearts be enlightened.


"Holy One, enlighten our hearts to know hope, riches and your immeasurable greatness."


Breathprayer: "The riches... of his glorious inheritance."