Completely Filled

“We are completely filled with GOD as Christ’s fullness overflows within us.” Colossians 2:10

I am in Christ and Christ is in me. We are tethered together. Bonded. Fused. Inseparably intertwined. I am a novice when it comes to appreciating the magnitude of this truth. 

This I get: Because I am in Christ and Christ is in me…  

  • My primary identity is who I am in Christ (God’s beloved son. A sent-one. A servant). 
  • My purpose in life is to become like Christ; to believe what he believed, behave the way he behaved, and join him in his mission.
  • My priorities in life are to reflect his priorities (seeking and saving, bringing good news to the poor and powerless, messaging his Kingdom).

Thus far in my adventurous journey of discovery… I have come to understand these things. However, I have barely scratched the surface of what it means to be one with Christ. 

Here’s what I don’t yet get: If I am in Christ and Christ is in me… 

  • There must be a power to live and love like Jesus that exceeds anything I’ve experienced.
  • There must be a plane of spiritual fellowship that’s more life-giving than anything I’ve known … and
  • There must be a spiritual potential in my life that I have yet to unleash.

Every day I ask the LORD to keep me on the journey of discovering what it means to be in Christ and have Christ in me. I want to experience the fullness. I want to be ‘completely filled with GOD as Christ’s fullness overflows within.’ Someday, I hope to be able to say with Paul, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”

How about you? What have you learned about your union with Christ? What are you learning now?