Rooted in His Love

Date: January 2, 2026

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 3:17-19

“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”

Paul’s prayer reveals what truly sustains the Christian life. Before he prays for action, service, or achievement, he prays for depth. He asks that Christ would dwell in believers’ hearts and that their lives would be firmly rooted and established in love. Growth does not begin with striving; it begins with abiding.

Being rooted in Christ’s love speaks to stability. Roots determine whether something can withstand pressure, drought, or storms. When love is the foundation, faith becomes resilient rather than fragile. Paul reminds us that Christ’s love cannot be fully measured or exhausted. It is wider than our failures, longer than our waiting, higher than our understanding, and deeper than our fears.

This prayer also invites us into something communal. Paul says this love is grasped “together with all the Lord’s holy people.” We are not meant to understand or experience God’s love in isolation. As we grow alongside others, we begin to see the fullness of God more clearly.

As a new season unfolds, this passage calls us to focus not on how much we can accomplish, but on how deeply we are rooted. When Christ dwells at the center and love anchors our lives, everything else flows from a place of fullness rather than emptiness.

Main Takeaways

• Spiritual growth begins by being rooted in Christ’s love.
• God’s love surpasses understanding and sustains us in every season.
• Being filled with God’s fullness flows from abiding, not striving.

Cross-Referencing Scriptures

• Colossians 2:6-7: “Rooted and built up in Him…”
• John 15:4-5: “Remain in Me, as I also remain in you.”
• 1 John 4:16: “God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God…”

Begin this season by grounding your life in the love of Christ. Let His presence dwell deeply in you, allow His love to shape your faith, and trust that from this foundation, God will fill you with everything you need.