Thursday, August 28, 2014

Comprehending Christ


“Be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man… that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.  Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think… be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen” (Ephesians 3:16-21). 

The Holy Spirit will extend
The inner strength which has sufficed
To follow and to comprehend
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Thus rooted in the ground of love,
We comprehend each deep dimension
Of breadth, and length, and height above
In Christ who gives us comprehension. 

What wondrous love now saves the soul! 
It far surpasses finite thought! 
Christ gave Himself to pay in full
The price by which our souls were bought. 

Now unto Jesus Christ our Lord
Who calls our thirsty souls to drink,
We praise our God in one accord
For love exceeding all we think!  

O Lord, Your love is marvelous,
And thereby we are now constrained
To love You, for You first loved us,
And by Your death, our life obtained! 

This comprehension of Your grace,
O Christ, now draws us to adore!
Yet when we see You face to face,
Our hearts shall worship evermore!  


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