Wednesday November 8
Bible Reading: Eph. 3: 1 - 13
Topic: God Reveals His Secret Plans
In today's passage, we
gain an insight into the special ministry which the Lord committed to Paul, as
an Apostle of Jesus Christ.
He stated this clearly in
2 Cor. 5: 17 - 20.
The admission of the
Gentiles into the Commonwealth of God's people was kept secret from the
servants of God of old.
As we read yesterday,
God's Plan, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ opened the
floodgates that all - including the Gentiles - may go in. The truth was also
revealed to Peter in Acts. 10: 1 - 36, 44 - 46)
God chose Paul to be the
special messenger to carry this message of reconciliation to the Gentiles. To
be able to accomplish this task, the Holy Spirit specially equipped him. His
mind-set and national pride as a Jew were changed (Phil. 3: 2 - 11).
Drawing from Paul's
example, we too who have the ministry of reconciliation must ask the Holy
Spirit to so work in us that we may count as useless everything about which the
world boasts.
We need to do this for us
to be effective in winning others to Christ.
Prayer
Holy Spirit, help me to do
away with any negative mindset (be it inferiority or superiority complex) which
will hinder me from reaching out to my neighbours and reconciling them with
Christ, in Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Memory Verse Eph. 3: 9
"And to make all men
see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the
World hath been hid in God Who created all things by Jesus Christ."
Source:
The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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