I take note of comments on the Facebook page where I post the daily devotions. I read what people say, I notice how many have shared the devotion, and how many have seen it. For a while, when this virus-and-fear pandemic began, there were hundreds of views, posts and comments whenever I posted a devotion that had a direct correlation to fear, standing strong in the face of opposition, uncertainty or difficult times.
I noticed recently that has changed. I doubt people are less fearful or less uncertain, but I think we have gotten “used to” the troublesome times. Maybe, we are just too tired from them to really care anymore. Everything around us has changed … from the way we go about our daily lives, our jobs, our church services, our schools, sports programs, restaurants, even the way we shop or visit with friends and family. Nothing is the same.
That is why when the following daily verse appeared in my inbox the other day, I really took note. “For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.” [Colossians 2:9-10 NKJV]
I looked at the verse in the Holman Christian Standard Bible version and I was glad I did! “For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ, and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.” [HCSB]
Do you see what I saw? Look at that phrase … “you are complete in Him,” in the NKJV and then in the HCSB, “you have been filled by Him.”
Oh beloved, does that not make your heart want to sing! Yes, everything around us has changed, but everything inside us is still the same! Christ Jesus was the entire fullness of God’s nature among us when He walked this earth. Now He is the entire fullness of God’s nature in us while we walk this earth! Hallelujah! Amen!
