Daily Meditation: God’s Order of Labor & Its Completion of Times

Posted on April 5, 2017

Colossians 1:25-29

Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

Scriptural Reflection:  Dispensation (divine order) & Fulfillment (accomplishment~completion) 

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;  And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand” (Revelation 6:12-17)?

According to Paul’s teachings in Ephesians 1:9-14, God’s divine order and completion or accomplishment of times will reveal a once hidden mystery [from ages & generations, See Col 1:23-25 above] of his will according to his pleasure. Elsewhere in scripture it is mentioned how God uses the simple to confound the wise.

Precisely, he uses the foolish, weak, and base things of this world to confound the wise, strong and the despised. With this in mind and moving away from scholarly perspectives or those teaching via magniloquence (great/speaking); one has to see in BOLDFACE, that it is of (1) his will (2) his pleasure and (3) of his timing, that all things might gather together in Christ—— (the Word which was in the beginning; was made manifest in the flesh and dwelt among men; which now lives richly within us and is the spirit of prophecy——Rev 19:10 [i.e. revealed as the overcoming sin atonement— (or death wage); and heaven’s record of our stewardship via faith, noticeably in the gist of the word of our testimony]..all which accountability and responsibility are manifest through our observance and obedience to his will.

1. The only way to the Father is as the son (Para, holy scriptures)—we as little [joint-heirs] children; have access to our Father via the sole/soul door (way, truth & life) by Christ Jesus——we listen to obey our Father, respect his discipline, and honor him via due love, reverence. prayer, worship and praise
2. The same Spirit of Yah, Christ; both authors [orders] and finishes [completes/fulfills] our life—living in faith everyday. 

“Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him” (Ephesians 1:9-10).

As Heirs of God’s Promises:

1. We have obtained an inheritance
2. Become a predestination according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:
3.  We should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
4. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard & believed the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation
5. Ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

In the Word Study:

Genesis 12:3 | Revelation 6:12-17; 11:15-19 & 19:10| Ephesians 1:9-10; 2:12; 3:3-9; 5:32 & 6:19 |Luke 12:42; 16:1-8 | Acts 14:16 | Ezekiel 36:25-27 | Zechariah 9:9 | Colossians 1:25-32 |Titus 1:7 | Galatians 4:2 | 1 Corinthians 1:25 & 4:1-2 | Romans 1:24-32 &16:23| Hebrews 1:1-2 |Matthew 11:25-26 more…

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1 Corinthians 1:27-31

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.

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