Most of us are looking for strength in the wrong places. We look for it in a good night's sleep. In a motivational quote. In the right circumstances finally falling into place. And when those things fail us, which they often do, we wonder why we feel so empty. But Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3:16 points us somewhere else entirely. "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man." Read that slowly. There is a lot packed into one sentence. God Gives According to His Riches, Not Your Need Notice what Paul doesn't say. He doesn't say God gives out of His riches. He says God gives according to His riches. That's a meaningful distinction. When someone gives out of their wealth, they calculate what they can spare. They budget. They measure what leaving might cost them. But when someone gives according to their wealth, the measure of the gift is the size of their fortune, not the size...
Shining a light on someone by lighting their pathway home. By Joseph Kimanzi