God's Secret Plan

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Thursday, July 25, 2013   Jeff Lampl

“God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure.   And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together
under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth”.
Ephesians 1:9-10 (NLT) 

The Apostle Paul’s personal encounter with Jesus (read about it in 2 Corinthians 12:1-4) changed everything.   In that experience in heaven Paul learned of a mystery that had been hidden from the world.    The mystery had to do with what God, Israel’s God, was going to with all the pagans, all those who didn’t get in on God’s grace given to Israel.    When Paul met Jesus the mystery was solved.  Paul learned two things:   first, that God wants everyone to “get in”, even the pagans.  

But the second thing is even bigger.   There will come a day when everything in the universe, everything and everyone, will be brought under the authority of Jesus.   Actually everything is under his authority right now and He is currently setting all things to rights (God’s renewing fingerprints are all over world history!).   But one day He will finish the task.   He will remake the heavens and earth and all whose lives have in some degree been conformed to His will live forever in a new world without suffering, but with joy, vibrancy, and the Life that is truly Life.  

Here is the Good News:  That which is greater than anything you can imagine can’t not happen!

If this is true how is it possible not to be a positive person?  Of course we all have to suffer for a little while, but that’s just it.  It’s only for a little while. 

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