Moe Bergeron

For this reason, ever since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, so that you may know Him better.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you will know:
(1) the hope of His calling,
(2) the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and
(3) the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.

This power is the same as the mighty strength He exerted when He raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named—not only in this age but also in the one to come.

And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him as head over all things for the Church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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Notes

The prayer of Paul opens the heart of the New Covenant shepherd, and what pours out is not a request for improved circumstances but for deeper revelation of God in Christ. He rejoices in their living faith and active love, but his prayer presses far beyond: he asks for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation—not to discover hidden codes or private knowledge, but to know Him. This is New Covenant communion: not law but life, not shadow but sight
(cf. Jeremiah 31:34; John 17:3).

Paul prays that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened—not just minds informed, but hearts awakened—to grasp three already-present realities in Christ: the hope of God’s call, the wealth of God’s inheritance in His people, and the power of God now working in those who believe. These are not distant hopes but present possessions, revealed and made alive by the indwelling Spirit.

The hope is rooted in resurrection life, the inheritance is the Church itself, and the power is nothing less than the same power that raised Christ. That resurrection power is not locked in the past—it is now alive and active in the body of Christ
(cf. Colossians 3:1–4; Romans 8:11).

Christ, exalted above every power, is already reigning. All things are under His feet, and He is head over all things for the Church. This is not an organizational headship but a living union—we are His body, and His fullness fills us. Where the tabernacle was once filled with God’s glory, now the Church is the dwelling place of His fullness
(cf. Ephesians 2:22; Colossians 1:18–20).

This is the New Covenant vision of the Church: alive with resurrection power, enlightened by the Spirit, united to Christ, and filled with the fullness of God. Paul does not pray for what we lack, but that we might see and live in what has already been given in Christ.