“[…] Christ descended, not that one person should ascend, but that all should ascend together with Him. When the Lord declared at the cross that He will bring all men to Himself (John 12:32), He was changing the game — He was unveiling His plan to include all men into His shared-life…”
In Genesis, when God created everything, He called it GOOD, meaning it will fulfill His PURPOSE. What God calls “good” is thus in relation to His plan for all. God foreknew us, and He has set us apart before the foundation of the world that we should live holy and consecrated, without blame in His love. In Christ, He has shared with us all that He is in relation to His attributes to make us by grace who Christ is by nature: sons of God. The story doesn't end with us acknowledging who we are because if we only know our identity, and it is only limited to ourselves, then we have not truly known the goodness of God. God is OBJECTIVELY good and in His goodness, He has made us means of mercy through whom many come to the knowledge of Him as the Good God, and they are introduced into the DIVINE DANCE that is happening between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, divinely supplied fully to us. In this DIVINE EXCHANGE, Christ is the supply and through Him, we are made His supply to the world.
God's plan includes the WHO, the WHAT, the WHY, the HOW of His inheritance. To know “the what”, we first have to know “the who” because the blessings and attributes of Christ are found in His Person. His supply and His plan have become who He is. In knowing “the who”, we know “the why”, which is that He is leading all things unto Himself, and “the how”, which is that He will do it in the community of His Being, that is His Church. Are you looking for God's plan? Look no further and delight in what He is doing corporately! Through this doxology, Dr. Annie Smith shares a New Testament revelation on how to find the realization of your dreams and so much more – while delighting in God’s great plan: the bigger picture.
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