DAY 10 — Laser-Focused Love

Paul makes it clear: love is not a casual side topic. It’s the foundation of our lives in Christ. But here’s the twist—he prayed that believers would have strength to grasp it. Why? Because on our own, we don’t have the capacity to fully receive God’s love. We need divine strength even to experience it.

And Paul wasn’t talking about a theoretical love. This isn’t something we simply understand with our heads. It’s something we must experience in the depths of our being.

For years, I believed God loved me. But it felt generic—like the children’s song: “Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world.” Of course He loves me. He’s God. He has to. But it wasn’t personal. It was love out of duty, not love of delight.

So I served and sang and blended into the crowd, convinced there was nothing special about me for God to love. I believed I was just one in the masses, easy to overlook.

But that’s not the love Paul describes.

God’s love is not generic—it’s personal, powerful, and pointed directly at you.

Picture yourself at the very center, with the love of God rushing toward you from every direction—north, south, east, and west—as far as you can see. And beyond that, extending farther than you could ever imagine. You are not just one of many. You are the deliberate object of His love.

That’s why Paul piles up dimensions—breadth, length, height, depth—because human words can’t capture the magnitude. God’s love isn’t a box you’re placed in. It’s a reality that surrounds you, fills you, and pursues you personally.

The need to be loved is universal. But only God meets it this way. Not with vague affection, but with a love that knows your name, your story, your struggles, and still says: You are Mine.

Drink Deep

Where have you believed God’s love for you is generic? Today, pause and picture His love stretching in every direction, aimed directly at you. Ask Him for strength to receive it—not just in theory, but as your personal reality.