We receive grace upon grace from His fullness

“And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” (John 1:16 ESV)

More of God?

Sometimes I hear someone say they want “more of God” but, I believe they are asking for what He has already given them through Jesus. The Bible says, “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.” (Col. 2:9 ESV) Therefore, if you have received Jesus, you already have also received His fullness! So, rather than asking for “more of God” surrender “more of you” to Him! Then study the Bible to become more enlightened about Him and what you already have in Him.

Know what you have

“Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. (Eph. 1:18 ESV)

Mature through the knowledge of Him

“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Eph. 4:11-13 ESV)

Therefore…

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height; to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:14-19 NASB)