Ephesians 1:18,19 - The hope to which He has called you

1:18

“Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened”. We tend to associate “heart” purely with emotions, in Paul’s day the heart included much more than this, so it includes mind and will. The phrase “let your heart rule your head” wouldn’t make a lot of sense to them. So Paul is asking for them to have a much greater, all encompassing, view of God and what He has done for us. We are meant to live by emotions and mind working together in harmony, both subject to the Lord Jesus Christ. As the greatest commandment says, we are to love God with all our heart, mind, spirit and strength. And this revelation and wisdom will make us more aware of the great hope to which we have been called, and the glorious riches of our inheritance in the saints.To live a full Christian life we need to be aware of both the depths of sin within us, and the heights of the life that has called us to.

1:19

There was once a book written called “Your God is too small”, and this is true for all of us. None of us realise just how great God is.  And this is not just a general greatness, it is “the immeasurable greatness of His power towards us who believe”. God is committed to us. He is able to save us, and He is committed to us. As Rom 8:32 says, if He did not spare His own son, what will He not do for us. And His commitment to us is “according to His great might”.