In order to say more, I need to point out that even in the secular, knowledge it is much more than rational knowledge. In fact, we know in three different ways. Certainly we know by rationality and logic, but we also know by intuition, and experience. So part of what it means to know the love of God, is that we experience Him, that we feel His love for us. God’s love, and in fact human love too, transcends rational knowledge. We can’t even define love for goodness sake! But we know when feel loved!
You may have noticed that I said above that it “can make perfect sense.” It is by no means automatic even for the Christian! Many of us, because of abuse etc., etc. have damaged emotions. I remember one man saying that it took him 40 years to wipe his father’s face off the face of God. In other words for the longest time he was still confusing God with his father. And that made it very difficult for him to trust God, let alone allow Him close enough to feel His love!
Father, this prayer of Paul’s from Ephesians 3 is important, because we will not even begin to fully live the Christian life until we begin to know Your love in the way being asked for in this prayer. And part of our loving You with all our heart, mind, soul and strength (Mark 12:30, 31), is to come to You in prayer, and to ask for Your courage, strength, wisdom and Grace to cooperate with You in dealing the life issues we all have, the issues that keep us from experiencing Your life-changing love. And Lord I pray this, and the Ephesians prayer (Ephesians 3:16-19) this morning, both for myself and for those reading these posts in Jesus Name Amen
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