Father Of Glory – Ephesians 1:17-20

LYRICS & COMMENTARY

LYRICS

Ephesians 1:17-20

Father of glory please give me Your Spirit
Of wisdom and knowledge so that I can know You well.

Please let the eyes of my heart become enlightened
So that I can come to know the great hope of Your call.

And all the riches of Your inheritance
And the greatness of Your power in me who believes.

This is the power that raised Christ from the dead
And enabled Him to reign with You forever. Amen

Glory and honor and wisdom and knowledge
And power and riches are Yours forevermore.

Alleluia – alleluia – alleluia – alleluia

© 2020 by Leonard J. Ransil CCLI # 7089298

COMMENTARY

Prophetic:
Then your light will break out like the dawn,
And your recovery will spring up quickly;
And your righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Isaiah 58:8

Now revealed:
… the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints, 27 to whom God willed to make known what the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Col 1:26-27

Therefore:
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phil. 2:11

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This song is based on a prayer that Paul prayed for the Ephesians – and for us. I put this prayer – and two others of his – to music so I could bathe my mind on a regular basis by agreeing with and receiving what God wants to give to me – and to YOU – as His beloved child.

The word “know” is much more than just “head-knowledge.” It refers to the intimacy that comes from heart-to-heart interaction with someone who loves us and we love them. Jesus made that possible for us through rebirth by faith – which remade each believer a chosen child of Father-God. From His view, what is true for the Man, Jesus Christ, is also now true for us because we are in Him. Wow!