Joel

...And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe...Power. In the corporate world power is sought for and thirsted after by rabid climbers to the top. This power is quite different. The exceeding greatnes of God's power makes one cringe; because it is not merely the power to fire or hire. It's the power to spin ever so delicately a Mount Everest, or ever so wrathfully a daisy. Power, the power that I long for, is a moving of the Creator. And likewise, I think the Fear of God is that same moving in the heart of the created.In the greek, here in Ephesians 1, it is dunamis (force, specifically miraculous power: [...]

...what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints..."Oh God to know, really know, the riches of the glory of Your inheritance! Oh to know You and who You are in perfection. Oh to know You in the deep parts, and to be found in utterness in You.To be found in Your presence, splendor, and majesty Oh God...that is all I seek. To know You the way that You know me. Lord, I lay all other things at Your feet. Finances, future, ambitions...God You are my desire. I don’t want the fruit of ambition…I want an inheritance from You! I pray for You to reveal to me Your wisdom in leading, and [...]

...that ye may know what is the hope of his calling...Calling. I wonder what the original disciples thought when Christ called them. For a rabbi to take on a student in the Jewish culture meant that the student had toiled long and hard in studying the Scripture to have a rabbi look at them and invite them to share his yoke. It's quite the comedy of heaven that Jesus, instead of going to the white collar bookworms, went to the blue collared workers. At the mystery of that, the disciples followed. Maybe it was a dream come true for them...or maybe it was a "too good to be true" happening that they didn't even believe was [...]

"...the eyes of your understanding being enlightened..."I want to understand. A friend of mine was killed last week. It hurts, especially because the person who killed her was someone close to her (her husband), and also a person that I've known. It's been a year or two since I've spoken to either of them. Could something I had done change today? I don't know. I just don't understand.Here in the greek, the word for understanding is "dianoia," which means: deep thought, properly the faculty (mind or its disposition). The situation that happened here is really screwed up, and I feel like I have nothing to give the situation. [Enter the prayer room] I feel that all [...]