THE MYSTERY

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God’s glory. It’s that simple. – Colossians 1:27 (MSG)

Isn’t that a reassurance for the believer today?

Simply that CHRIST is in us and that we, regardless of our “religious standing”, can look forward to participating in and sharing in GOD’S glory.

That message, that passage was shared yesterday by our “First Lady”, Pastor Anna. And she went as far as to PERSONALIZE that verse for herself. 

She pointed out that GOD wanted HER to be clued in to the “secret” that CHRIST had taken residence in her and had amazing things to SHOW her as she acknowledged HIS presence each day and each moment.

Be it a beautiful landscape or a new song in her spirit GOD was in the business of sharing HIS awesomeness with her and she was deeply grateful.  

She wanted us to be equally grateful.

I am. 

The passage is clear and it is simple as Peterson surmises.

This mystery of CHRIST’S intentional intimacy with us is not reserved just for Pastor Anna.  Quite the contrary, it is for ALL of us.

The question is, are we willing to embrace it?

Embrace the truth of the mystery? 

And more importantly be GRATEFUL for it?

Friends, this CHRIST ‘in us’ is not something to ever be taken for granted.  

It is the FOUNDATION of another crucial truth.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 (ESV)

Christ IN us!

Christ CONNECTED inseparably to us.

CHRIST the HOPE of GLORY for us and intimately intertwined with us!

So, the thought for today is probably easy to decipher.

Do we understand that magnitude of the privilege to have CHRIST IN US?

Do we understand the magnitude of having CHRIST for us?

Are we attuned to His glory?

Are we grateful for all of it?

Do we acknowledge it?

“The Christ within who is our hope of glory is not a matter of theological debate or philosophical speculation. He is not a hobby, a part-time project, a good theme for a book, or a last resort when all human effort fails. He is our life, the most real fact about us. He is the power and wisdom of God dwelling within us.” ― Brennan Manning

I love you all.

Have a blessed day connected to this CHRIST in YOU, your HOPE of GLORY!

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