Paul's Prayer For The Glory Of God

God has given such a hunger for His glory. I think Paul's prayers in Eph. 1:17-20, and Eph. 3:14-19 are similar to the cry from Moses in Exodus 33:18 where he cried out to see the glory of the Lord. Reading these verses in the Amplified Bible today has affected me deeply. What an extraordinary prayer - read it slowly and meditate on it phrase by phrase - there are incredible secrets here - secrets that will take us to the deep and intimate knowledge of Him - the One we love:

Ephesians 1:17-20 (Amplified Bible)

           The goal - to have revelation of God's glory - to see Him:

¹⁷[For I always pray to] the God of my Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant me a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,

The process - we have to have the eyes of our hearts flooded with light:

¹⁸By having the eyes of my heart flooded with light, so that I can know and understand the hope to which He has called me, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),

The result - then we will know and understand - something of the extent of his glory:

¹⁹And [so that I can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for me who believes, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,

The evidence of God's glory - the risen Savior:

²⁰Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],

21 Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.

The conclusion of God's glory - all things are under His feet for now and all eternity:

22 And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church],

23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself]