Well, the month of May is coming to an end for us, and it means in our Navigator's Bible

reading plan that we're wrapping up the book of 2nd Samuel, the Gospel of Mark, and Paul's

epistle to the Galatians. That will clear the slate now for us to begin June with fresh

readings in First Kings, Luke, and Ephesians. And that will land us in

Ephesians 118, one of those beautiful texts that we come back to over and over again on the

podcast for all sorts of issues and challenges in life. It's so deeply rich and necessary

for living the Christian life right to understand this text that we must pray it,

that we having the eyes of your hearts enlightened that you may know what is the hope to which

he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.

A text like that, an awakening like this, is necessary if we're ever going to escape the

clutches of our entertainment culture and find personal awakening within us and global

revival around us.

That's just a few of the connections that have been made on the podcast previously,

as you'll see in the APJ book on pages 302 and 303. But to embrace Ephesians 118, that awakening,

to feel its influence in our lives requires that we first understand Ephesians 118, right?

And that's today's question to Pastor John on the phone with us. Hello, Pastor John. My name is

Christina, and I follow you from Italy. I appreciate how you and the team of Desiring God make

such wonderful Christ-centered resources, and I particularly appreciate your fairness and honesty in

dealing with all kinds of tricky Bible questions. Here's mine. Personally, I struggle with

interpreting Ephesians 118.

I pray that the eyes of your hearts may be enlightened, that you may know what is the

hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the

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