Kingdom Truth: Volume Seven

Paul prayed for the saints in Ephesus that they might be "filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." The believers in Ephesus were saved, as we use the term, and had received God’s Spirit, as we use the expression.
There are multitudes of believers today who have been saved and have received God’s Spirit. Would we pray the same prayer for them that Paul prayed for the saints in Ephesus? Do we believe there is a fullness of God beyond that which we already have received?
And to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19—NIV)
It is not just for ourselves that we desire to be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. It is for the benefit of God Himself, and then for the benefit of the people whom God can govern and bless through us.
Being filled with the fullness of the Father and the Son through the fullness of the Spirit is the goal of our redemption. It is why we were created.
The Apostle Paul had set everything else aside that he might come to know Christ—and this toward the end of his life!
We think because we have made some initial profession of faith in Christ that we know Christ. This is not true. Many years of patiently seeking Christ bring us only to the threshold of knowing Christ.