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The man of the world is full of what he can do; the Christian of what he cannot do. Here, we have the inward power for which we may ask to supply our deficiency.

I. THE MEASURE OF THIS POWER.

1. Measured by Himself. His perfection, His excellence. Man measures by his imperfection and poverty.

2. Measured by the extent of Himself. Man measures by his own ideas of his own need. God, who forgives "according to the riches of His grace," makes known upon the forgiven the "riches of His glory."

II. THE NATURE OF THE SUPPLY, CULMINATING IN THE INDWELLING OF CHRIST.

1. The character of the indwelling (Colossians 2:7).

(1) Christ, the essence of love, dwelling in us, and so filling our hearts with true love.

(2) Faith working by love.

2. The effects of the indwelling. Able to comprehend or grasp (see Philippians 3:12, 13) —

(1) Breadth of promise and blessing. Length — reaching to the end. Depth — going down to the lowest. Height — raising up to heavenly places.

(2) To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. Known only by those taught by the Spirit. Known only by those in whom it dwells.

(3) Filled with all the fulness of God. God gives Himself to us all, according to our size. Here meet man's measure and God's.

(J. H. Rogers, M. A.)

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KJV: That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

WEB: that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;