Ephesians 3: 14-21, Strengthened in Your Inner Being

Ephesians 3: 14-21, Strengthened in Your Inner Being
Vs. 16-17, “I pray that according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.”

We hear so much in pop psychology and spirituality about the “secret” of how to be successful in life. All too often, the teachings leave out the essential connection in change or growth. It happens as our inner being, the essence of who we are, is strengthened by the Divine Spirit that flows into and lives within us.

Cultivating a conscious relationship to the Inner Divine Spirit is the starting point for healthy living. The recognition that all we are--self or ego, internal processes (physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual), outer expressions (words, actions, behaviors)--is fueled by the Self/God Within initiates an opening for the ego/self to more fully and clearly align with the Self.

Can you imagine praying for yourself daily to be “strengthened in your inner being with power through (Christ’s) Spirit”? What an affirmation of the reality that our inner being is the conduit for the Divine to flow into us! Prayer sets sacred intention that focuses our attention and energies. It is a starting point for inviting the Inner Divine to make itself known to our consciousness. When we greet our thoughts, feelings, sensations, and intuitions as expressions of the Divine Self, we relate to them in a way that allows us to see and understand their purpose and place in our psyche/soul. We open to hear the message they carry from the Divine Within.

For Carl Jung, Christ is a symbol of the Self/God Within. The heart is representative of our subconscious or automatic consciousness. When we seek to see all that is within us as expressions of the Divine Self, we open to moments of faith—experiences of the Divine Within that are not yet translatable into words, but that nonetheless affect and change us. We begin to feel a sense of togetherness, an internal unity that expresses compassion and love towards all aspects of our selves. We know through our felt experience that we are rooted in the love of the Self/God Within.

I invite you to set sacred intention by asking “that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through the Divine Spirit”. Ask the parts of your nature that are ready to be integrated to make them selves known to you in the gentlest ways possible. Acknowledge each state—feeling, thought, image, memory, desire, etc.—respectfully and seek to see how it has served you. Offer gratitude for its efforts and open to receive the love of the Self that holds all aspects of you together.