Prophetic Word 2024 - Day 41: Our completeness is in Jesus.

“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 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 ‭2‬:‭8‬-‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

An incident that happened many years ago, has proven to be something I reflect on often as a parable illustrating the Holy Spirit working in us.

I had gotten my first personal laptop and had run into a roadblock in terms of getting my screensaver to work correctly.

I was in complete frustration mode. I was snow-blind from all the advice I had looked up, from the step-by-step help offered by those knowing more than I do, just totally stymied.

As a last ditch effort, I called a helpline, and the person tried to guide me through what I was supposed to do. But it just was not working.

Finally, they said to me, “Do you give me permission to take over your computer?” Well, I had never even heard of such a thing (like I said, this many years ago). I told them I did. And with just a little more information, suddenly I saw the cursor begin to move around on my screen, going from one drop-down menu to another, finally finding a specific place to fix the screensaver, clicked on something, and then said, “That should do it.” And it did!

The disciples were overwhelmed with all the Lord was trying to impart to them before He was offered up. But they were not able to grasp what was going on, much less know how to operate going forward.

Then Jesus promised them that He was not going to leave them alone. He was going to send a Helper Who would guide them into everything they needed to know and do.

“”I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.“

‭‭John‬ ‭16‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

The Lord spoke of this outpouring of His Spirit on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Yes, Jesus stood before the people and made an astonishing offer.

“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.“

‭‭John‬ ‭7‬:‭37‬-‭39‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Indeed, as John explains, He was offering that whoever would come to Him and ask, would receive an outflow of the Holy Spirit, from His being into their being.

You see, we could not on our own, receive the Holy Spirit of God. Our sin separated us from His Spirit, with no way for us to access Him, spirit to Spirit.

Then Jesus came, God in flesh, and received into Himself, the Holy Spirit, as a Man, so that we could, as human beings, also receive of the Holy Spirit. As well, His blood cleansed us so that we could receive the Holy Spirit through Him.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.“

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As John put it, we receive from His fullness, from His overflow.

Yes, He Who had all the fullness of God in Himself, dispenses into us, the Holy Spirit of God.

In our opening scripture, we see Paul commenting that we are made complete in Jesus. His fullness, becomes our fullness. His overflow, becomes our overflow.

We have been talking about the fact that Jesus is the Author, the Originator, and the Finisher, the Completer, of our faith.

And, as such, as we have discussed, He doesn’t leave us to walk this road alone. No, He made it possible for us to have the Inner Witness, the dynamo of God: His Holy Spirit, operating through us.

As I began with, I was totally frustrated, trying to figure out the problem with my computer and could not access, and could not make sense of anything I was being instructed to do. Then, the expert took over and did for me what I could not do on my own.

Child of God, it is futility to try to walk as God would have you to walk, and do the things God would have you to do, without His Spirit being given control in our lives. If you want to be completed, if you want to finish well, come to Him now.

Lord willing, we will bring this all together tomorrow.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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