Something Missing?
One of our deepest desires is to be complete, and many of us are seeking for this completeness. We feel discontent and we feel as though we need something more.
But I realised something today. God promises us not just completeness but something additional. He promises us fullness. And fullness means a filling to overflowing. I realised that God promises us something even more than completeness.
I really wanted completeness. I kept on wanting to be complete in Him, to have Him as my source of spiritual nourishment. I kept on feeling so empty because I had so many needs. And I wanted Him to complete me despite my needs. But I didn't realise that He wanted to give me something more. And I didn't realise that He told me how to be full.
The answer is in Ephesians 3:
"I pray that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth of the love of Christ, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
The price was paid for me because of His love. No, I was not worthy of His life, but He thought me worthy. How could He have been broken on that cross for me, how could He have gone ahead with it when He knew how much it would cost Him? Only because He valued my life more than His. That was the breadth and length and height and depth of His love.
I pray that even as you read this, that He will also let you understand His love. Then He will not only make you complete, but make you full.
But I realised something today. God promises us not just completeness but something additional. He promises us fullness. And fullness means a filling to overflowing. I realised that God promises us something even more than completeness.
I really wanted completeness. I kept on wanting to be complete in Him, to have Him as my source of spiritual nourishment. I kept on feeling so empty because I had so many needs. And I wanted Him to complete me despite my needs. But I didn't realise that He wanted to give me something more. And I didn't realise that He told me how to be full.
The answer is in Ephesians 3:
"I pray that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth of the love of Christ, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
The price was paid for me because of His love. No, I was not worthy of His life, but He thought me worthy. How could He have been broken on that cross for me, how could He have gone ahead with it when He knew how much it would cost Him? Only because He valued my life more than His. That was the breadth and length and height and depth of His love.
I pray that even as you read this, that He will also let you understand His love. Then He will not only make you complete, but make you full.
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