Enjoying His Fullness

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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The fullness of Jesus Christ is a divine, accessible, glorious, delivered, blessed, true fullness.

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0:00.0	February 22, enjoying His fullness. From His fullness, we have all received grace upon grace,
0:11.3	John 116. Just before the service last Sunday, the little band of praying saints was hard at work
0:19.7	fighting for the faith of our people and for the churches of the Twin Cities and for the nations
0:25.6	as they prayed. At one point, one man prayed the words of John 114 and 16.
0:36.1	And the word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we have seen His glory, glory as of the only
0:43.8	son from the Father, full of grace and truth. For from His fullness, we have all received grace upon
0:54.8	grace. It was one of those epiphany moments for me. God granted in that moment that the word
1:04.7	fullness from His fullness carry a fullness that was extraordinary in its effect on me.
1:16.5	I felt some measure of what the word really carries, the fullness of Christ. I felt some of the
1:26.2	wonder that, yes, I had received grace upon grace from this fullness. And I was at that moment
1:34.9	receiving grace upon grace. I felt right then that nothing would have been sweeter than to simply
1:44.4	sit at His feet or read my Bible all afternoon and feel His fullness overflow.
1:53.0	Why did this fullness have such an impact on me? And why is it still to this moment affecting me
2:01.7	unusually? In part because the one from whose fullness I am being drenched with grace
2:09.2	is the word that was with God and was God, John 1, 1 and 2, so that His fullness is the fullness of
2:19.4	God, a divine fullness and infinite fullness. This word became flesh and so was one of us and was
2:31.6	pursuing us with His fullness. It is an accessible fullness. When this word appeared in human form,
2:41.6	His glory was seen. His is a glorious fullness. This word was the only son from the Father,
2:52.5	John 1, 14, so that the divine fullness was being mediated to me not just from God, but through God.
3:00.6	God did not send an angel but His only Son to deliver His fullness.
3:08.6	The fullness of the Son is a fullness of grace. I will not drown in this fullness but be blessed
3:17.7	in every way by this fullness. This fullness is not only a fullness of grace but of truth.
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