Day 10- "may"

Day 10- "may"
Grammatically speaking, "may" is a word that could quite easily be misunderstood. Often we use "may" to mean possibly, might, maybe, and other such words. Yet, I don't think that is the purpose in this verse. Webster's Thesaurus gives these possible synonyms: "be allowed, be permitted, be authorized, be at liberty to, can, be privileged to." So contextually, Paul is explaining to us and the Ephesians that He is laying prostrate in prayer with the intent that the Lord, whom whatever he touches is glorious, give us the privilege... Amazingly, through Christ our strength (which we'll go over next time) is no longer from within us, within our frail human condition. To often we believe that we deserve strength or blessing or happiness from God, but in reality, it is only through His profuse benevolence that we have anything at all. Because He has chosen us and set us as believers apart, He also has given us the privilege, the "may," of becoming like Him in strength and glory and character. "May" is not a perhaps it is a privilege. Through Christ we are privileged to see His strength up close and personal. "To be close is a mounting terror of His might."