When man reaches out and gives, it usually is after self-reflection and weighing out the options on how much to give, making sure he does not short himself. Thankfully God is not like man when He gives.
God, as our Heavenly Father, is a spectacular giver! He does not hold back in giving us what He desires for us to have. Two incredible resources He gives us in full at the time of our new birth are His power and His love. This is realized in the new birth when a person gets born again by confessing Jesus as Lord and believing God raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:9). The power aspect is wrapped up in the gift of holy spirit. Jesus said when he ascended up into heaven 10 days before Pentecost, that you will “receive power after the holy spirit is come upon you” (Acts 1:8). Along with power came the love of God. “…the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” (Romans 5:5).
These amazing resources were not given in small parts, but was given in full measure.
Ephesians 3:17-20:
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; 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 fulness of God.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
I purposefully bold typed and underscoreded the part that we are filled with ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD! So you would not miss this point. Think about it. We are filled with, not given a part or a token, but filled with ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD. God, our Father, did not hold back in giving us, His children, all that He had.
What should our response be to this? We should be so excited, so inspired, so turned on, so grateful that we live it and demonstrate it in living our life. We, “heal the sick, cleanse the leper, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8).
Don’t hold back in living for Him. Why? Because you are FULLY LOADED!
Agape,
Bob