Ephesians 3:19 - "And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God."
I read a magnificent story from Joseph Prince's book The Power of Right Believing. He tells of a minister from Oregon who was assigned to provide counseling to patients in a state mental illness facility. When he arrived for duty, he was sent to a padded cell with a large group of deranged, barely clothed people. The stench of human excrement filled the room. When he tried to talk with the patients, they responded with groans, moans and demonic-like laughter.
Then the Holy Spirit prompted him to sit in the middle of the room and sing the familiar children's song, Jesus Loves Me. For a full hour, he sang, "Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong. They are weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. For the Bible tells me so".
Nothing happened the first day, but he persisted. For weeks he would sit and sing the same melody, but with greater conviction each time. "Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! For the Bible tells me so!" Soon the patients began singing with him, one by one. By the first month, 36 of the severely ill patients were transferred from the high-dependency ward to a self-care ward. Within a year, all but two were discharged from the facility.
No matter what challenges, failures and misdeeds you or I might face, the love of Jesus remains constant. "Jesus loves me, this I know". My question to you is, do you know that Jesus loves you? Do you know how much He loves you? How can we know? The Bible tells us so. So simple, yet so powerful.
I challenge you, as often as you look in the mirror, say to yourself, "Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so". And enjoy the forgiveness, freedom, healing and restoration that comes from truly knowing the love of Christ that passes all knowledge!
