Quote for the Day
“…this mystery, which is Christ in you…”
Today's Prayer
Father, today may your will be done in my life. Today I ask that you alone are my power, and may the world about me see you alone.
Colossians 1:24-29
Colossians 1:24-29 (NIV)24 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25 I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— 26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.
Message
Our relationship with God may always be a mystery to some and to all of us at some times. Here we are able to clearly see our relationship with God.The mystery…Christ in YOU!The hope of gloryPerfect in ChristStruggling with all HIS energyHE powerfully works in meOur relationship with the Creator of the world is very intimate. He is right inside us and it is all about HIM. It is about HIS power that saved us, it is about HIS power that sustains us. It is about how HE lives in, with, and through us. It is about what HE wants to do with us, not what we want to do for Him.Too often we still have the mistaken belief that it is all about us. What can I do for Him? What has He called me to do? What Paul is showing us is that it is all about what Jesus wants to do with us. He is in us working with HIS power, doing HIS will. We need to yield to Him and let Him get on with it. We are presented perfect in CHRIST…in Christ alone.
