Monday, September 18, 2006

How do we [rather I] exhibit this being in Christ?

People know me as Anna because Anna has certain distinct characteristics that make her Anna.
She is short. Her hair is curly.
She can’t help laughing out loud at unusual times just because she was thinking about something funny.
She has brown eyes. She has a light wheatish complexion.
Therefore, if you find someone corresponding to these characteristics somewhere, you might want to inquire if she is Anna. Basically, it would be difficult to miss Anna if everyone noticed these characteristics immediately.
Similarly, it would be difficult to ignore or pass by somebody who is in Christ if he was exhibiting the characteristics of Christ. The first thing that we notice in the verse that I quoted in the last post,

For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature]. Colossians 2:9,
is fullness. FULLNESS is something you can never miss. If a well is full of water, you will immediately know it is full of water, you won’t have to peer into the darkness to ascertain if you can see some light reflected from water below. In the same way, a person exhibiting the FULLNESS that is in Christ will evidently show it.
In everyday life, he or she will be full of joy because sadness doesn’t represent fullness. This doesn’t mean the person is never sad or that he goes around with a foolish grin on his face but that he doesn’t wallow in his sadness rather he picks himself up every time and goes ahead in the Joy of the Lord! He finds his strength in God like David.
His life is full of blessings. All work that he takes at hand is done with the best of his ability and intentions. His family is blessed and happy. He knows how to enjoy himself.
There is nothing in his life which makes you scratch you head and think twice about the joy evident on his face [he is definitely not a sour face].
This is what I thought of for now. Feel free to post how you think FULLNESS would reflect in your life.

1 comment:

Cameron said...

I think that as the fullness of Jesus Christ is more and more evident in my life my mouth will be FULL of great things to say:

about others...
Supernatural words of knowledge/timely encouragment that unlocks/generally pleasent gracious conversation/words that build people up and don't take them down

about God
a confession of His goodness, greatness and Holiness that attracts others and draws a clear line

about what is going on around me (locally and globally):
words of faith and hope/not a whole bunch of questions about when are things going to get better, but answers, supernatural ones from a supernatural Holy Spirit!