February 22. Enjoying His fullness. From his fullness, we have all received grace upon grace.

John 116. Just before the service last Sunday, the little band of praying saints was hard at work

fighting for the faith of our people

and for the churches of the Twin Cities and for the nations as they prayed.

At one point, one man prayed the words of John 1114 and 16.

And the word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we have seen his glory, glory as of the only

son from the Father, full of grace and truth. For from His fullness, we have all received grace upon grace.

It was one of those epiphany moments for me.

God granted in that moment that the word fullness from his fullness

carry a fullness that was extraordinary in its effect on me.

I felt some measure of what the Word really carries, the fullness of Christ.

I felt some of the wonder that, yes, I had received grace upon grace from this fullness.

And I was at that moment receiving grace upon grace. I felt right then that nothing would have been sweeter

than to simply sit at his feet or read my

Bible all afternoon and feel his fullness overflow. Why did this fullness have such an impact on me?

And why is it still to this moment affecting me unusually? In part because the one from whose

fullness I am being drenched with grace is the word that was with God and was God, John 1, 1 and 2.

So that his fullness is the fullness of God, a divine fullness, an infinite

fullness.

This word became flesh, and so was one of us, and was pursuing us with his fullness.

It is an accessible fullness. When this word appeared in human form, His glory was seen. His is a glorious fullness. This word was the only son from the Father, John 114, so that the divine fullness was being mediated to me, not just from God, but through God.

God did not send an angel, but his only son to deliver his fullness.

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