Today's Verse: Colossians 2:9-10

Saturday, July 16, 2022

In Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.
— Colossians 2:9-10

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

If you had known Jesus' address in Nazareth along about A.D. 20, you could have gone to that house and said, "God lives here!" While the doctrine of Jesus being fully God (John 1:1-3, 14, 18; Hebrews 1:3) and fully man - fully God yet having emptied himself of all his divine privilege (Philippians 2:5-7) - is nearly impossible to grasp. God taking on human flesh and being Immanuel, God with us (Matthew 1:23), is the awesome reality of grace. God chose to be like us because we could not be like him. God came down to us because we could not ascend to him. In Jesus, God came to us so we could be given fullness in Christ. By faith and in baptism, we are joined to Jesus; his victory over sin, death, demons, and hell (Colossians 2:12, 15), along with our spiritual deliverance (Colossians 1:13-14) and our future glory with Christ (Colossians 3:1-3) are fully assured!

My Prayer...

Almighty God, I acknowledge that you are too great for me to comprehend fully. Yet as marvelous, mighty, and majestic as you are, you are far greater than my mind can grasp. Your grace, O God, amazes me. Thank you for sending Jesus so I can know you. Thank you for sending Jesus so I could be forgiven and delivered. Thank you for sending Jesus so I can go home to you and live forever. Thank you, Jesus, for coming to redeem me and then returning to the Father so I can speak to him through you. In your name, Jesus, and because of your grace, I pray with boldness before our Father. Amen.

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Today's Verse is a free daily devotional that includes a Bible verse, thought and prayer.

The Thoughts and Prayer on Today's Verse are written by Phil Ware.

All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

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