Created for His Glory!
I marvel at the excellence in description that is in the first four verses of chapter 1 of Hebrews that distinguish Jesus as superior, and His work complete. He, being One with the Father, is Creator, the beginning of all things; Heir, the end of all things; Sustainer, the One who holds all things ‘in between’ by the word of His power. He is the completion of all things! Being the exact representation of His Father, He is the radiance of His Father’s glory! Jesus is the embodiment of all that was spoken! He is the supreme and final revelation to the Old Covenant – He is the Word! Jesus is God manifest in the flesh!
The more revelation I grasp of who He is, and His role of completion in reconciling man to God, the more I understand how complete I am in Him. This brings a greater sense of security, a confident assurance of who I am and my purpose in this life.
As I ponder the scriptures in the lessons of the past two weeks, and think of how Jesus is now manifest in this earth through His own (that’s us!), this verse has caught my attention – Heb 3:6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. We are His house, His temple, the place where He now resides through the Holy Spirit! Being the exact image of the Father’s person, Jesus is the means in which the Father lives within us. Holy Spirit is the way He lives in and comes forth through us. And now we are the ones in which our Father has chosen to reveal His Son to the earth! This opportunity and call exceeds any offer of the world for success, satisfaction or fulfillment! How special, loved, and liberated should this make one feel?! He created the house, He cleansed the house, and now He lives in the house. If we as the body of Christ, the house that Jesus built, were functioning in the confidence of this Truth, how less appealing would other gods be to the world! What has happened to our confidence? Have we ever walked in it? Where is the rejoicing because of the hope we have, or where is our hope?
There seems to be a string of false humility in the house that is keeping us from flowing as Jesus, a radiance of His glory, the Light of the world. Is this a plan of the enemy because he fears our moving in the power that overcomes his deceitful schemes? He definitely does not want mankind to know their worth, which would surely expose his tactics of destruction. He despises the likeness we represent, for we are made in God’s image. Or is it a comfortable choice that keeps us from taking the ‘responsibility’ of furthering the Kingdom and continuing the excellent work of Jesus? Continuing that work means releasing ourselves to be the house in which He continually abides. False humility only reveals man’s dependence on himself, which produces fear. That fear then creates an identity in insecurity. Insecurity will always view confidence as arrogance, because it fears losing its identity. We will become secure and confident in our calling when we face our fears with faith.
It is He who works in us; it is He that is our hope of glory! It is deception to believe that we are not worthy of this call. Jesus died because He saw our worth. How great a ridicule of the blood of Christ to accept unworthiness if we say we belong to Him. One will never represent the excellence of who Jesus is with his/her life while believing it unworthy. He created flesh and blood and chose to reside in all who believe. He has not left us without the means to live confidently, filled with hope, understanding our worth in this flesh. This flesh is weak, but its treasure within is priceless! Let us see our worth! One will walk in true humility when he knows the worth of the treasure within!! We have been restored to the Father through the Son, what more are we waiting for? It is truly finished. We have a work to do that can only be accomplished through Him, and His Spirit within, and it is He that chose to do this work through us. Believe your worth as His vessel, stand firm in confidence, and rejoice in the hope of your calling!! You are built on a firm foundation!!
In awe as His,
Valerie
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