Fablous Facade

There is a wonderful water feature by our bedroom patio. It's sound is sweet and gentle as the water moves in measured quantity over the edges of a sizable, hand-picked boulder.  The pond itself appears shallow and small. The plants and accent rocks, place with care, bring attention to the star of the show . . . the water.

What is unseen is the mechanism that makes this feature work; the structure that supports it's workings. The pond is not shallow and under the layer of small rock, beneath the boulder is a cavity of concreted framework that supports it. The hole is precisely dug; drain tiles and hoses keep the water circulating and clean. A pump is hidden in the corner, providing the power for the movement of the water. If the water does not move, the biological filter does not work and the pond is silent. The water does the work, powered by a hidden source.

The Container, its Capacity and Content make it's Conveyance a work of art.

Ephesians 3:14-21  As Jon shared, is a crescendo to the previous framework Paul has been building. This passage is purposeful, laced with inspired phrases like "for this reason", "so that", "so that you may". Paul uses tangible and tactile words for those of us who struggle with "feeling". Words like strength, dwell, rooted and grounded, breath, length, height and depth, in reference to comprehending God's available, limitless love.

Unlike the "Mike-made" water feature, our Container; what we are becoming is crafted by God, with love and care, specific to us and his loving purpose for each of us.

It's Capacity needs to be filled with the reflection of it's filler; strong and elastic for growth and movement. This is God's work in a surrendered spirit, yielded to his filling, not the fruitless work of an impostor, a counterfeit god.

It's Content is the dwelling place, the created place intended for Christ alone. A place rooted and ground in his love, filled and refilling, circulating but not with used water, but fresh, renewed, clean and life-giving.

Finally, it's Conveyance is abundant, overflowing, beyond what we can ask, think or dream. Jon used a word picture of a bridge. Everywhere in this country you see a bridge, the road would have stopped had someone not dared to dream it could go further. As believers, God is that bridge always allowing us to move forward; every desirous to fill us to capacity with ALL the fullness of himself and all that means.

"What are you becoming?"