My wife and I were traveling through northern Texas on Interstate 40, and we pulled off at a rest stop. On a metal sign was a description of the area. One sentence caught my eye. It read, "Traveling the high plains of Texas is an experience in immensity." How true! Stretching out as far as the eye could see was the vast open space of land and sky.

Getting to know the infinite God can also be described as an experience in immensity. His love for sinners and the salvation He provides truly surpasses all knowledge.

Paul expressed this in Ephesians 1 when he wrote of being chosen in Christ "before the foundation of the world" (v.4), of being "predestined . . . according to the good pleasure of His will" (v.5), and of knowing the "exceeding greatness" of God's power (v.19). And in chapter 3, he said that the extent of God's love is so great that it "passes knowledge" (v.19). As we learn more and more about its "width and length and depth and height" (v.18), we can only stand in awe of its vastness. God's love is the ultimate experience in immensity.

When we repent of our sins and trust Jesus as our Savior, we begin to experience the greatness of His love.  — Dennis J. De Haan