"To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).
I am always excited to know that God is ever interested in a sustainable and dynamic relationship with man. Today, I want us to consider three levels of that relationship.
The first is that God wants to be for you at all times. It is always a wonderful and reassuring thing to have God on your side in this wicked and unjust world. The Bible says if God be for you, who can be against you? A whole lot of things might try to work against you, but when God is for you, nothing can succeed against you (read Romans 8:31-39).
The second is that God wants to be with you. This is a step higher than God being for you because it is possible for God to be for you from a distance. But when God is with you, you experience His very presence which is quite marvellous. Of Joseph, the Bible says repeatedly that God was with him (read Genesis 39:1-6). The result was that Joseph prospered exceedingly and enjoyed surprising favours even in the midst of afflictions.
But all the above cannot compare with God being in you. God in you is the ultimate - the ultimate purpose of the Almighty from the beginning. That puts us in the class of God, and that was the life Jesus Christ came to demonstrate. Then the Bible says Christ (God) in you is the hope of glory. This is the greatest mystery of all times, that God could make His abode, not just among us, but right within us.
The Scripture confirms this severally, that you are His house (Hebrews 3:6), His temple (1 Corinthians 3:16) and His habitation (Ephesians 2:22). You were born to be His dwelling place, and until God finds a home in you, your life is yet to begin.
Today again, God stands knocking at the door of your heart. Would you open up and let Him in or would you leave Him out there in the cold?
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