Ephesians 3:19 "To know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God"
So, you're at a gas station, filling up your car, and you have a choice of three buttons, but only one fuel nozzle. Regular is 87 octane, mid-grade is 89 octane and premium is 93 octane. Premium gas, which has the higher octane rating, leads to more power from the same amount of gas. When I looked up octane rating, the definition gripped me, especially as a grace preacher. Octane rating is a measure of grace under pressure: how evenly a gasoline will burn under difficult conditions, like hard acceleration. That’s really cool!
We would all like to experience more health, abundance, and success in our lives. God, being God, possesses all of these things, won't you agree? So to be full of God is to be full of health, abundance, and success. But how are we to be full of God? In the past, I was told "to be filled with all the fullness of God", I had to fast a certain number of days, pray a certain number of hours, and do all kinds of things.
But to be filled with all the fullness of God is not about what you do, it's not even about your love for Christ! It's about knowing His love for you. When God made you, He designed you to run at optimal level when you are filled with His love. Like a car that runs at its best when it is filled with the best premium gasoline. When you feed on His love for you, you'll run so much better, and with more efficiency, and effortlessly. How? On high octane = His love for you. So press "premium 93" daily, and fill up on high octane grace! You'll live much better.
