07/22/2024 – The Fullness of God through Ministry
Ephesians 4:7-13
7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says:
“When he ascended on high,
he took many captives
and gave gifts to his people.”
9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
We can be sure that the measure of Christ—what Christ has determined to give you is far better and abundant than any of us can imagine. The divine goal is the fullness of Christ. We need the power of the Spirit to understand what this means. It would be easier to understand the universe, the galaxies, than the fullness of Christ.
Every person has goals in this life; but no goal is greater than the goal God has established for His children: the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:19 that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Think about this…whatever you may want in this life, or others may offer, pales in comparison to what God wants for you: the fullness of God.
Despite your shortcomings and struggles, God’s purpose is to fill your life with the fullness of God. Not your measure of idea of fullness. We may be contented with much less than the fullness of God. He has promised complete joy, complete purpose.
Everything we have received is only a down payment. It is only meant to prepare us for the fullness of God. As much as we know of Christ now, there is a fullness of knowledge. We will get there…but to get there we must continue to desire, to seek, to believe in the fullness of God. We cannot get complacent. The people of God were never at greater risk of defeat than when they became complacent. When they considered that the work was completed, that they knew everything they needed to know about God, they closed their hearts to all that was still to come.