January 4, 2018

Fullness in Christ

"For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over power and authority."  Col. 2:9

Think on this truth:  you have fullness in Christ.  Full.  Complete.  In Greek it is pleroma and can refer to a ship with full cargo and crew as well as a town with occupied homes.  You have this kind of fullness and completion in Christ.  Our own kind of fullness will always come up short.  The fullness of Christ is not lacking.

God sent His one Son to dwell on earth and Jesus came with fullness.  He dwelt, or tabernacled, among men, women and children.  In some ways you can think of this as Jesus pitching a tent in your heart.     He came with fullness and He has given His followers that fullness. 

Let this truth radically change the way you think, speak, and act.  You have fullness in Christ.  You think out of His fullness.  You speak out of His fullness.  You act out of His fullness.  If your struggle has been operating out of lack, may the word of God transform you today.  For the truth is, you operate out of Christ's fullness.