… 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

 

If we know God’s love, is it possible to keep that knowledge only for ourselves? If we are filled with the fullness of God, should we not overflow with it? Should this wonderful truth not spill over to everyone around us, so that they too would become aware and truly touched by the love of God?

 

If his love is so great, would it not be selfish not to share it?

 

Full, fuller, fullest – how full can full be? If we are filled with the fullness of God, sharing his love with others will never leave us “empty”! On the contrary, sharing God’s love only makes us more aware of the fullness within us … and if we allow it to, that fullness only grows more and more, until it cannot help but overflow to others.

 

And in this way, you share “showers of blessing”.

 

You will find that something also happens within you, because when you share and it means something to someone else, you yourself can never remain untouched. Then those unusual degrees of comparison become a reality, you put all grammar rules aside and surrender to the superlative of God’s fullness, because you know that he is in you, around you, and part of you!

 

May I, with all who believe,

come to understand this truth,

for God’s limitless love

is meant for every person.

 

 

 

Mag julle sy liefde ken, liefde wat ons verstand te bowe gaan, en mag julle heeltemal vervul word met die volheid van God. Efesiërs 3:19, 1983-vertaling

 

As ons dan God se liefde ken – is dit moontlik om die kennis net vir onsself te hou? As ons dan vervul is met die volheid van God – moet ons dan nie oorloop daarvan nie?

 

Moet hierdie wonderlike kennis nie oorspoel na almal rondom ons, sodat hulle ook bewus word en werklik aangeraak word deur die liefde van God nie?

 

As sy liefde so groot is sou dit nie baie selfsugtig wees om dit nie te deel nie?

 

Vol voller volste? Hoe vol kan vol wees? As ons gevul is met die volheid van God gaan die deel daarvan met ander mense ons definitief nie skielik “leeg” maak nie! Inteendeel! Nee! Om God se liefde te deel beteken net dat jy meer bewus word van die volheid binne in jou en dat indien moontlik, daardie volheid net meer en meer word tot jy nie anders kan as om dit te laat oorvloei na jou medemens toe nie!

 

En op dié manier deel jy dan “strome van seën”!

 

Dan sal jy vind dat daar ook iets binne jouself gebeur, want om te deel en iets vir iemand anders te beteken laat 'n mens in jouself nooit onaangeraak nie. Dan word die onwaarskynlike trappe van vergelyking vir jou 'n werklikheid. Dan gooi jy alle taalreëls oorboord en gee jou oor aan die oortreffende trap van die volheid van God want jy weet Hy is in jou, om jou en deel van jou!

 

Mag ek saam met almal wat glo

hierdie waarheid leer verstaan

want sy liefde sonder grense

is bedoel vir alle mense.