Have Fullness

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace with his blood, shed on the cross. ~ Colossians 1:19-20

How many times have you been pleased to make a sacrifice?  I can’t think of any time I was pleased to make a sacrifice.  In fact, quite the opposite is true; I’ll do it, but it’s going to come with a lot of pride and self-righteousness and probably a side of complaining.  We will never fully understand what it cost Jesus to follow through with the reconciliation mission God sent Him on.  The fact of the matter is God fully dwelled in Jesus here on earth to bridge the gap between Him and us even knowing full well that thousands of us would turn our selfish cheek from this gift.  He asked his son to bear a very horrible burden and to surfer even a more gruesome death.  Jesus asked for this burden to be lifted, but was willing to do whatever would please his father and thus followed through with the mission to save this broken world.  God loves us so much that He was willing to sacrifice His son for people that Jesus would never even met while here on earth; this was a mission for eternity.  God can now find complete joy in us through the sacrifice of his obedient son.  God is pleased with us because, as followers, we have accepted His perfect gift and have acknowledged that Jesus did something for us that only He could have done.  God is pleased with us through our belief and ultimately He can be pleased with us because of Jesus Christ.  God is pleased with the reconciliation plan Jesus completed and is pleased with us when we accept this invitation of freedom.  Take the gift.  Accept Christ and come back to your Creator.  Don’t turn from this gift that brings the greatest peace you’ll ever know. ~ Amen