Colossians 2: 9-10 “For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in him (Jesus), who is the head of all principality and power”.
You know sometimes in this world we get so sidetracked. The Holiday time is approaching us and I don’t know if there is anytime of the year people get more consumed by things that have no meaning. Even thou we live in a world that moves 100mph and there are tons of things going on people all around us are empty. Many people who stop and think about their lives often get depressed and fill insufficient. I believe there is many reasons people get depressed during this time of year, but I believe one of the biggest reasons is because God is minimized.
Thankfully God knows our faults and is patient with us. He is constantly reaching out to us his love and he extends the arm of salvation. My prayer is that you may know Christ loves you and what you have in him is like Avalon sings “Everything to Me”.
In this passage of scripture Paul says something that I often reflect on. To be born again means that Jesus resides in your heart. The Bible teaches us that we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit. In the OT days the Temple is where the Spirit would make himself manifest by displaying his glory. Before there was a temple there was a tabernacle and God led the people by appearing as a cloud in the day and fire at night. However today we do not need a cloud or a temple for the Spirit to dwell, but instead we are the Temple and Christ resides in us. Just think the creator of all that has and is and will be created resides within every believer! How is this possible? Well it is because Jesus is God. In Colossians 1:15 the scripture says that Jesus “is the image of the invisible God”. In verse 9 we see that within Jesus resides the fullness or in other words all of God. Now we cannot imagine God as man in one place like us because God cannot be comprehended in his omnipresence (which means to be everywhere and all knowing). However what we can see in the Scripture is every fiber that makes Jesus is God. So what this means is if you have Christ living inside of you and you house him then you are the Temple of God!
Jesus told his disciples before he ascended that the Father would send them the comforter soon. That comforter is the Holy Spirit. By knowing Jesus we know the Comforter. So we can come to this conclusion that Paul came to in verse 10 and that is if all that makes up God is complete in Jesus then we are complete in him. It truly is an honor to have Christ live in our lives.
So with this thought in case you hit a bad day or down day in the next few weeks remember how much you are worth. You are worth the life of the King!
Jesus Saves,
RR
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