All in All

The last of Ephesians 1:

These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,  far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Just read over this last part of this chapter again.

Jesus submitted himself to obey his Father by willing offering himself on the cross to die for our sins.  In doing so, his Father raised him from the dead and placed him right beside him in “heavenly places.”

He gave all things to his Son under his feet, placed him as head over the church, his body.

And he calls His body the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

WE – YOU AND ME – are part of that body.

We are the fulfillment of the plan.  We are the characters that emerge in the story after the great rescue by the King! 

We get to live with the King and his Son and  delight in the kingdom – not for the pure pleasure of filling our own desires – but that as we experience His love, as we realize our inheritance, as we walk in holiness without blame – we demonstrate his glory to the nations around us.

I want to be a part of that story, fulfilling the entire plan of God in my life.

Do you?