Prayers Of The Spirit: Living Showcases Of God’s Fullness
Study The Word
Ephesians 3:19
“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”
We’ve come to the pinnacle, the crescendo, the ultimate purpose of the prayer of the Spirit in Ephesians chapter 3. Everything Paul has been praying for—the strengthening with power, the dwelling of Christ in your heart, the being rooted and grounded in love, the comprehending of the dimensions of Christ’s love—all of it leads to this magnificent conclusion: “that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God!” Glory to God!
πληρόω pleroo filled – to make full, to fill up, to fill to the brim, to supply liberally, to abound, to be filled to overflowing
The word “filled” is the Greek pleroo, which means to make full, to fill up, to fill to the brim, to supply liberally, to abound, to be filled to overflowing! This is not a partial filling. This is not a measure of God’s presence. This is being filled to overflowing—completely saturated, totally inundated, absolutely permeated with the very essence of God! Hahaa!
And notice what you’re being filled with: “all the fulness of God.” Not some of God’s fulness. Not a portion of His attributes. ALL the fulness of God! The Remedy translation captures this beautifully: “that you may become living showcases of God’s loving character.” Oh my goodness! Did you catch that?
πλήρωμα pleroma fulness – completeness, full measure, totality, that which fills up, abundance, the sum total
Pleroma is the full measure of all the qualities of God’s character that He Himself has! And God’s will is for you to be filled with this pleroma—with this totality of His divine nature! Glory to God!
The T4T translation says: “I pray that God will enable you to be filled with, and that means have full measure of, all the qualities of his character that he himself has.” God’s desire is for you to have the full measure of His own qualities! His love, His joy, His peace, His patience, His kindness, His goodness, His faithfulness, His gentleness, His self-control—all of it, in full measure, flowing through your life!
Being born again, this is possible! This is the inheritance of every believer who prays the prayers of the Spirit and positions themselves to receive from God! Hallelujah!
Now here’s what struck me so powerfully in this teaching: you are called to be a living showcase of God’s loving character! The Remedy translation says it so clearly: “that you may become living showcases of God’s loving character.” You are not just to receive God’s love privately and keep it to yourself. You are to become a demonstration, an exhibition, a living display of who God is to everyone around you!
ἐπίδειξις epideixis showcase – demonstration, display, exhibit, manifestation, proof
A showcase is a demonstration, a display, an exhibit! God wants you to be the living proof of His love! When people encounter you, they should encounter His love. When they observe your life, they should see His character. When they experience your presence, they should experience His nature! This is incredible!
“I’m a living showcase of God’s loving character!” Say it about yourself: “I am a living showcase of God’s loving character!” This is God’s calling! This is the hope of God’s calling for your life—for you to be a living showcase of God’s loving character!
And notice how this happens: it happens through being filled with the Holy Spirit, through the love of God being shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Spirit, through being strengthened with power in your inner man, through Christ dwelling in your heart by faith, through being rooted and grounded in love, through comprehending and seizing the dimensions of Christ’s love. All of these work together to bring you to the place where you overflow with God’s pleroma—His fulness!
This is why these prayers of the Spirit are so essential! When you pray according to God’s will, He hears you. And when He hears you, you receive what you’ve asked for. These prayers are not going round and round hoping to hit the target. No! They hit it directly, perfectly, with precision and accuracy! And you begin to experience the results during the very prayer sessions! Glory to God!
ἔνοικέω enoikeo dwell – to inhabit, to live in, to make one’s home in, to be at home, to settle in
Lets take it further to when Christ dwells—enoikeo—in your heartHe and He makes His home there. He settles in. He’s not a visitor; He’s a permanent resident! And as He dwells in you, His character begins to permeate every aspect of your life. His thoughts become your thoughts. His ways become your ways. His love flows through you to everyone you encounter.
And like the Remedy translation says that through this prayer, you will be “fully transformed into Christlikeness.” That’s what being a living showcase means—you look like Jesus! You act like Jesus! You love like Jesus! The world looks at you and sees the Father, just as when they looked at Jesus, they saw the Father!
And here’s the thing: this pleroma, this fulness, is not static. It’s dynamic. It’s active. It’s ever-increasing. The more you pray these prayers of the Spirit, the more you are filled. The more you’re filled, the more you overflow. The more you overflow, the more impact you have on the world around you!
His power takes over every aspect of your life! In the name of Jesus Christ, His supernatural power, His miracle-working power is at work in you! Every day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, His power is working in you, His power is working through you! His manifested power is revealed through you! He reveals Christ through you through His miracle-working power in these last days!
And this is what positions you for the Rapture! These are the prayers that align you with God’s perfect will! So that when the trumpet sounds, you are walking in the steps of God’s will for your life! You are filled with all His fulness! You are a living showcase of His character! You are ready to meet Him because you have become like Him!
May this be the reality in your life from today. May you be filled—pleroo—to overflowing! May you carry the pleroma—the full measure—of God’s character! May you become a living showcase of His love to everyone around you! This is the will of God! This is the prayer of the Spirit! And as you pray it, as you declare it, as you believe it—it will surely come to pass!
Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You that it is Your will for me to be filled with all Your fulness—the pleroma, the full measure of Your character and Your love. I receive this filling today by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank You, Father, that I am becoming a living showcase of Your loving character, demonstrating Your nature to everyone around me. Fill me to overflowing so that Christ is seen through me in everything I do, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Speak The Word
I am filled with all the fulness of God! The pleroma—the full measure—of God’s character is at work in my life! I am a living showcase of God’s loving character, demonstrating His nature to the world around me! I am not a spectator; I am a demonstration! Christ dwells in me and reveals Himself through me! I am filled to overflowing with the very essence of who God is, in the name of Jesus Christ!
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