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Friday January 10, 2025
 

To be complete means that nothing is lacking.  Some people have health, wealth, possessions, honour and prestige in the community. To the on-looker they seem to lack nothing, yet many lack the ability to enjoy the things they have and their lives are in turmoil.  When we give our will and life over to the care of God, the Bible tells us that we will lack no good thing.  Contentment, together with thankfulness to God for all He has done for us, will help us mature and be complete. 


For in Christ there is all of God in a human body; so you have everything when you have Christ, and you are filled with God through your union with Christ. He is the highest Ruler, with authority over every other power. (Colossians 2:9-10 TLB)
 Being complete is not the result of getting the things we feel we lack but in being content with everything we have been given in Christ.  When we believed in Jesus and repented of our sins, we were given eternal life and the promise that Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, would guard our hearts and minds. If earthly things begin to trouble us, we can come to Jesus and He will give us rest. Having a thankful heart is a great start to being complete in this life.  Looking up at the sky at night can leave us in awe of God’s creation and the place He prepared for us within it. 

Since you became alive again, so to speak, when Christ arose from the dead, now set your sights on the rich treasures and joys of heaven where he sits beside God in the place of honor and power. Let heaven fill your thoughts; don’t spend your time worrying about things down here. (Colossians 3:1-2 TLB) 

In the Scriptures we are told not to desire the things we can see, but to fix our eyes on the things we cannot see which will last forever.  These are the things that will make us complete in being the person God created us to be.

And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust him, too, for each day’s problems; live in vital union with him. (Colossians 2:6 TLB)

Prayer:  Lord Jesus, Help me to fix my eyes on You so that I can be mature and complete, not lacking anything.  Amen

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