“May Christ through your faith (actually) dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely in love” (Eph 3:17; AMPC). (See also Col 2:7; AMPC).

Read this verse again slowly! To think we can have Almighty God living in our hearts permanently – so we can communicate with Him and be led by Him day after day. The first sentence of the verse describes something that God will do (if we invite Him to) and the second sentence pertains to something that we must do, which is to allow our roots to go down deep into His love. If you compare this to natural roots you know that initially a young plant has only very tiny roots but gradually as nutrients and water are received from the soil, they grow and spread all over the place. That’s what we want to do with our spiritual roots – get so much watering and nourishment from the word that we get absolutely rooted and grounded in it. Do you remember the parable of the Sower? The seed on the rocky soil didn’t last long. Why? Because it couldn’t develop deep roots. To be deeply rooted in God and His love we need to meditate on it until we know of God’s love beyond a shadow of a doubt and experience it daily (See 1 John 4:7-21). God’s love isn’t fickle like human love can be; it is constant regardless of what we may or may not do. “God’s love never fails” (1 Cor 13:8).