Ephesians 3:16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

Break this verse down.

According is a pathway word, it tells us why things work.

His Glory, not ours

May grant is no guarantee that all of us will be strengthened.

The power is released by the Holy Spirit into our inner being to effect change.

Less we forget too soon, all this is in accordance with the will of God the Father.

So what can we do to prepare ourselves in order to be strengthened? I said that yesterday.

Psalm 119:28 My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!

The amount of time we spend in the Word prepares us to be strengthened.

The Word is Jesus, we know Him through the bible. The more time we spend reading and studying the bible the better chance we have of understanding how the Holy Spirit works in us, changing us and growing the inner man.

Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

2 Corinthians 4:16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

This does not happen overnight. We change one day at a time. 

Isaiah 28:10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.

Isaiah 28:9 To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?

Hebrews 5:13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.

Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Training comes through constant practice. 

1 Corinthians 8:2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

The wind is composed of air, in motion. The air is potential energy. The wind is kinetic energy. It can cool the skin or knock trees down.

Ecclesiastes 8:8 No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

We have no power to restrain the Spirit.

Luke 1:35 The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; 

The Spirit comes with the power of the Most High.

We do not have the power, we are not in control, we are overwhelmed. Sometimes He is just sitting still, potential energy. He does the will of the Father.

John 8:58-59 English Standard Version

58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

Jesus was not seen by those who sought to stone Him to death. This would have hindered the will of the Father. If Jesus did this, then the Spirit can move through us without our seeing Him because we might hinder the will of the Father if we did.

Psalm 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

This is one of the hardest tests of faith to understand. The Holy Spirit can move through us to do the will of the Father without our awareness because we might be too frail or because we might interfere with the Father’s will. How can we be strengthened so as not to faint?

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Psalm 119:28 My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!

Romans 16:25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages

Ephesians 3:16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,