The Love of Christ Is Beyond Measurement
“…and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge…” - Ephesians 3:19a (CSB)
Paul says something that sounds almost contradictory.
He prays that believers would know the love of Christ, and then immediately adds that this love surpasses knowledge. How can something be known and yet beyond knowing?
This is the mystery of God’s love.
Christ’s love is not unknowable, but it is inexhaustible. You can truly experience it, and still never reach the bottom of it. You can understand it rightly, and still never fully comprehend its dimensions. God’s love is not a puzzle to solve. It is an океан to enter.
This is why the Christian life does not move past love as though it were an elementary truth. Love is not step one. Love is the atmosphere of everything. The deeper you grow in Christ, the more you realize how much more there is to grasp.
We often assume maturity means moving beyond basics. Paul assumes maturity means going deeper into them.
Christ’s love surpasses knowledge because it is rooted in eternity. It existed before you did. It was set on you before you ever responded. It held you before you ever understood it. And it will remain when everything else fades.
This is also why suffering does not cancel love. Hard seasons may confuse us, but they do not diminish Christ’s affection. If His love surpasses knowledge, then it surpasses your ability to interpret your life perfectly. It surpasses what you can see. It surpasses what you can explain.
Many believers struggle because they think love should feel fully comprehensible. But Scripture invites you into something deeper: trust in a love that is larger than your understanding.
You are not meant to master Christ’s love. You are meant to be mastered by it.
Paul is praying that love would overwhelm the heart, not simply inform the mind. The goal is not theological trivia. The goal is transformation through an encounter with a love too great to exhaust.
Reflection Question
Where do you struggle to trust Christ’s love because you cannot fully explain what God is doing?
Christ’s love is not something you finish understanding. It is something you spend your life entering.
Prayer
Jesus, thank You that Your love is deeper than my comprehension and steadier than my circumstances. When I cannot understand my life, help me rest in what I do know: You love me. Grow my heart in awe and trust, and let Your love surpass not only my knowledge, but my fear. Amen.
Paul says something that sounds almost contradictory.
He prays that believers would know the love of Christ, and then immediately adds that this love surpasses knowledge. How can something be known and yet beyond knowing?
This is the mystery of God’s love.
Christ’s love is not unknowable, but it is inexhaustible. You can truly experience it, and still never reach the bottom of it. You can understand it rightly, and still never fully comprehend its dimensions. God’s love is not a puzzle to solve. It is an океан to enter.
This is why the Christian life does not move past love as though it were an elementary truth. Love is not step one. Love is the atmosphere of everything. The deeper you grow in Christ, the more you realize how much more there is to grasp.
We often assume maturity means moving beyond basics. Paul assumes maturity means going deeper into them.
Christ’s love surpasses knowledge because it is rooted in eternity. It existed before you did. It was set on you before you ever responded. It held you before you ever understood it. And it will remain when everything else fades.
This is also why suffering does not cancel love. Hard seasons may confuse us, but they do not diminish Christ’s affection. If His love surpasses knowledge, then it surpasses your ability to interpret your life perfectly. It surpasses what you can see. It surpasses what you can explain.
Many believers struggle because they think love should feel fully comprehensible. But Scripture invites you into something deeper: trust in a love that is larger than your understanding.
You are not meant to master Christ’s love. You are meant to be mastered by it.
Paul is praying that love would overwhelm the heart, not simply inform the mind. The goal is not theological trivia. The goal is transformation through an encounter with a love too great to exhaust.
Reflection Question
Where do you struggle to trust Christ’s love because you cannot fully explain what God is doing?
Christ’s love is not something you finish understanding. It is something you spend your life entering.
Prayer
Jesus, thank You that Your love is deeper than my comprehension and steadier than my circumstances. When I cannot understand my life, help me rest in what I do know: You love me. Grow my heart in awe and trust, and let Your love surpass not only my knowledge, but my fear. Amen.
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