Ephesians 3:14-21

Personal Note:
Routine...routine...routine! My routine has changed and therefore my QT is all out of whack, and therefore the steady constant strength I derive from it is diminished. Time to make a new routine. I have a sweet Jewish friend who has committed that her feet will not touch the ground until she says her prayers each morning. That would be a good example to follow. I'm home now, back to my brown chair by the window - perhaps I can get back into a new and improved routine. Where's that cup of coffee?!....
Overview:
Paul prays for the believers in this way: (1) that ... He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that (2) Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, (3) being rooted and grounded in love, (4) may have strength tocomprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, (5) and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you (6) may be filled with all the fullness of God. He then concludes with a wonderful benediction: Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,  to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Application:
This was sooo good just the way it was, that I couldn't condense it and do it justice. These are all things that God wants to do in my life (and yours). I need wisdom that is rooted in love. Without being rooted in love, that wisdom, strength and knowledge don't have the gentleness and compassion they should have. In my fleshly spirit I would use wisdom, strength and knowledge to beat up myself or those around me in anger - being rooted in love smooths that out, softens my responses. I love the part about the breadth and length and height and depth - I get this mental picture of a cube where every bit of space is completely filled with all six of the above items. I need to be running on spiritual "full" - instead of partial or even almost filled. Ahh..routine...my routine must keep me on full!