SCRIPTURE: Colossians (NIV) 2:9 For in Christ all the fulness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and you have been given fulness in Christ, who is the Head over every power and authority.
OBSERVATION: Every characteristic that qualifies as “Goddness” can be found in Jesus. Nothing is lacking! No one could possibly be more “God” than Jesus. He is just as “God” as the Father and the Holy Spirit.
When we receive God’s forgiveness and place Jesus as LORD of our lives, He brings all He is into our lives. His fullness makes our heart His home.
When Satan tempted Jesus, He died to human desires to do things the easy way. In the garden He prayed, “Not my will but thine be done.” When I die to the human temptations, I allow Jesus to be actively living in me. He has finished with death and now lives the Resurrected Life. The life Jesus lives in me is His Resurrected Life! Wow!!!
APPLICATION: Only in Christ can I reach the fullness God intended when He created me. I was made to share fellowship with God and apart from Him, I will always be empty. Even when my life is filled with other people and things, it will still be short of its intended design.
It is as I die to myself—the human temptation to prove who I am, the desires to please myself, and my pride—it is then that the Resurrected Life of Jesus residing inside shines through, and I reach the full intention that God had when He created Leon. Wow!!!
PRAYER: Lord, place all the things in my life in their proper relationship to you. May my life find its fullness in fulfilling your design for me. Help me have the strength to say “No” to temptation and “Yes” to your will, even in small things. May I bring joy to your heart and a smile to your face! Amen.
Pastor Leon
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