The Outworking Of The Word In You
To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the
church the manifold wisdom of God (Ephesians 3:10).
Do you know there’s something about us, the
new creation, that the angels can’t get over?
The angels are glorious and wonderful beings. They’re
excellent in glory and mighty in power, but they’re
amazed at what God has done with us, in us, and for
us, because as glorious as they are, God doesn’t live in
them, and as “unworthy” as we were, He gave us a new
life and made us His living tabernacles. That remains
a mystery to the angels; they don’t understand it. And
guess what? God chose us to explain it to them.
The Church is to make the manifold wisdom
of God known to them. That’s why each time we
preach about Jesus, and about the Holy Ghost, the
angels love to listen. They enjoy it; they want to know
more about the salvation that Jesus brought to man,
because it’s something that they only know from the
scriptures. They don’t have an actual experience of it.
They don’t know what it’s like; so, they hear it from us.
That’s what the Apostle Paul alludes to in our opening
verse when he says, “To the intent that now unto the
principalities and powers in heavenly places might be
known by the church the manifold wisdom of God” (Ephesians 3:10).
It is, indeed, a great privilege and honour for us
as the Church of Jesus Christ to explain God’s wisdom
and mysteries to the angels. Now, if that’s part of our
responsibility, it means we have to know the Word. We
have to live in the Word and live out the Word. In other
words, you have to be the expression of the Word of
God; and that’s real Christianity. It’s the expression of
God’s Word; the revelation of His righteousness and
His personality. We’re His epistles.
2 Corinthians 3:2 says, “Ye are our epistle written
in our hearts, known and read of all men….”
The epistle of Christ is the Word of Christ. The Word of
Christ is the Word of God. So, we’re the epistles of
Christ in flesh, which means we’re the Word of God in
flesh, just like Jesus. True Christianity is the outworking
of the Word in me and in you. Hallelujah!
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for your Word is my life and it makes my
heart rejoice. Your commandment is pure, enlightening the soul.
Your Word is more to be desired than fine gold, and it’s sweeter
than honey and the honeycomb.
As I meditate and yield to your Word, my life is transformed
from glory to glory, in Jesus’Name. Amen.
Further study:
2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Peter 1:12
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
ezekiel 43-44
1 John 1-2:1-14
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
revelation 4:1-11
hosea 13-14