WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22

Fulfil The Word Of God, The Mystery Which Had Been Hidden From The Ages And From Generations,

Scripture: Colossians 1:24-26

Paul was the one who got the revelation of how this worked. He certainly preached out of Psalm 44 in Romans 8, and again in Colossians 1 where he alludes to this same principle when he says, “I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.” How is it that Paul found himself “…filling up what was lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church….”? And how did that “…fulfill the word of God, the mystery which had been hidden from the ages and from generations,…” but was revealed in his lifetime? Paul is building here on what he wrote in Romans, about three or four years earlier, the mystery that he expressed in his letter to the Ephesians. It is obvious this is a theme Paul shared in the churches. He had a revelation of victory that was coming out of the adversity the church was experiencing. What was that mystery? What was the adversity? Well it is one we can certainly expect to find Paul preaching in the Epistles.

 Pray for yourself and others around you to gain this favour from the Lord. This time must not pass you by.