The Word - April 25, 2012 - KNOWING GOD'S WILL

"Because of Christ and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence. When I think of this, I fall on my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and earth. I pray, that from His glorious, unlimited resources, He will empower you with inner strength through the Spirit. And may you have the power to understand as all God's people should, how wide, how high and deep His love is. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God" (Ephesians 3: 12,14, 16-19).

Do you get it? Has the Spirit through the above Scripture been able to help you understand what God is saying to you? No one could possible enter into an understanding of this Scripture without realizing that God intends His children to experience the fullness of His presence in the here and now.

It is like beginning an exciting adventure that takes you to a higher level than you ever thought possible in your relationship with God. The adventure I speak of is neither a Spartan excursion nor an amusement park ride. It requires the pursuit of a difficult set of personal spiritual disciplines.

Paul, through the Spirit, is informing us as to what our life with Christ should consist of:

*To experience the riches of His glory
*To be strengthened by His Spirit
*To be rooted and grounded in His love
*To be filled with all the fullness of God

This is the kind of life experienced by the early believers as they gathered together in the name of the Lord. The early believers were Spirit filled at Pentecost. On that day two awesome things took place; first, the 120 believers in the upper room received a special baptism that made them part of Christ, and secondly, Christ received a new body. They received power, power to move into new dimensions of worship, praise, service and witness.

Their example has given us today, a clear picture of the only way to ever experience the fullness of God in our lives. Are you listening to the Word that describes their journey?