Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Paul as an apostle, prayed this prayer for everyone in the church at Ephesus.  He was moved by the Holy Spirit to pray in such a way and to stress the importance of believers having a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, Him meaning Jesus.

The desire is that we really know Jesus in such an intimate personal way that we can speak of Him the same as we would anyone we know closely and personally here on earth.

But more than that, there is a desire that we would have the eyes of our understanding enlightened.  This, to me, is speaking of washing the soul with the truth concerning Jesus in such a way that it opens up the wide-open vistas of what it means to be in Christ and know the benefit more fully and completely.

In this case, it speaks of the hope of His calling.  Hope can be a powerful thing when it is in full operation.  The hope of His calling means there is more to who we are in Him and the purpose of His making us a new creation than just existing here and now, biding our time until we make it to heaven.  His calling gives us purpose and aims to empower us to influence and impact our generation in His name.

Then something more is added to that idea.  There are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints that we are also meant to know and benefit from.  It is meant to be a continual source of encouragement, equipping, and empowerment to be involved with the saints.

But to ensure we can be all He says we can be, there is yet another important benefit.  We are to know the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, when He raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.

This speaks of His supernatural transformative power, raising us from the dead and establishing us in a place of favor with Father.  We are seated with Christ in the heavenly places.  When Jesus died, Scripture says in Romans we died with Him, and when He was raised in life, we were raised with Him, and here and in other places in Scripture, we learn we are seated with Him!

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

We are more than equipped and empowered to be and to do according to His good pleasure.  Go in the strength that knowing Jesus according to the Spirit can provide today and every day.  I encourage you to look to Him and really live!