This morning I was spending a little time with the Lord and asked Him to show me something I had not seen before or realized. I was led to John Chapter 1:16 which says, "And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace."
To think that when we realized the gift of His son and accepted what He did for us, He gave us His FULLNESS!? I looked up the Greek word used here for "fullness" and found that it literally means: power, agency, riches of Christ, of those things a ship carries for its' journey and is filled with all merchandise-manpower-and supplies needed for the journey! The root word of fullness in the Greek means: to make full, filled to render perfect, to accomplish, and to bring into realization!
All we need to realize is that the Gospel is a receiving kingdom. Out of our revelation of what He has given us we are then able to manifest Him. If we still think we are striving to become something for others and God, then we have stepped into the religion zone. That's a dead end my brothers and sisters!
His "fullness" is a much much better option than beating ourselves up and trying to "obtain fullness" by our efforts and mindless religious activities designed to make us feel better about ourselves. Receive the ongoing gift of His fullness and you will see the fruits of the Spirit manifest and not the works of the flesh, Amen?
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