Sometimes a biblical passage catches us off guard.  We simply aren’t ready for it.  If we listen, it takes our breath away, and leaves us limp.  But if we continue to listen, really give it our attention, the weakness that has come from being taken aback by surprise becomes strength flowing from an overwhelming joy at what the word is saying to us and what we’re receiving from the word. 

Ephesians 3:14-19 was such a passage for me not long ago.  Paul is praying for the people to whom he writes, and if you accept scripture the way I do, he’s praying for you and me.  Listen, you might better catch hold of your pew.  “With this in mind then, I kneel in prayer to the Father from whom every family in Heaven and on earth takes its name, that out of the riches of his glory, he will grant you str…