Walking through Ephesians - Day 10
versebyverse | October 24, 2007 21:53
Thought: To me, this verse emphasizes the supreme importance of Jesus Christ. He is the one Head over "all things in heaven and on earth." WOW!
Question: How is God's will put into effect?
Scripture: Ephesians 1:10 (NIV): "to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ."
God's will will be "put into effect" in His timing, that is, when all parts of this grand plan fit "under one head, even Christ." What does this mean? God's will is for good to be done. God's will is that none should perish. God's will is that sin, death and satan will be destroyed forever. All of these things have already been taken care of, already accomplished, in Christ, yet time must unfold the reality of that accomplishment slowly and exactly. Christ is Our Authority Figure at every point of God's dealing with man. Christ was present during Creation of man; we were made in God's (Christ included) image. Christ sustains God's Creation, we are told in Colossians, holding atoms together and preserving the cycles of life on our planet earth. Christ is Our Precious Savior and Redeemer, The Incarnate Father, coming among us to understand, aid, comfort and save. Christ will judge all men, appointed by His Father to do so because The Father realizes Jesus is the right man for this job, having lived as a man Himself. Here then we see Christ past, present and future. God The Father is gathering everything spiritual and carnal together in Christ. He is putting His Son in authority over heaven and earth. He has done so in the past, before the foundations of the earth were laid, He is doing so with extended grace in the present, and God will do so in the future when Jesus rules, reigns and conquers. God's will will be done! It has been done in His Son, Jesus Christ!
Prayer: Great God and Father of Christ, thank You for the ways of Your wisdom! Thank You for the timing of Your fulfillments in and through Your Son! Amen.
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