The Leverage Devotional by Apostle Segun Obadje 20 January 2024: CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY
Topic: CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY
Colossians 1:27-28; Galatians 4:19
Colossians 1:27 “to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the hope of glory.”
Galatians 4:19 “My little children of whom I travail once again in birth pangs until Christ be formed in you”.
Leverage Devotional For Today Message:
Christ developed and formed in you is the hope of realising glory. The formation of Christ in a believer is Christian maturity. That’s why Apostle Paul laboured and travailed over the Galatian church so that Christ could be formed in them (Galatians 4:19). God’s desire for His children is that we become like Christ. Anything short of being like Christ implies that you still need to keep feeding and acting on God’s Word so that you can grow up to maturity. Beloved, you can start out as a baby Christian, but you must not stay at that level. There is a glory in you which God wants to showcase to the world, but this can only happen when Christ is formed in you. As believers, we must come up to that level where we measure up to Christ in stature, in character, in strength, in speech, and in deeds.
One of the things you need to do for Christ to be formed in you is to submit to the ministry of your pastor. Your pastor is sent as a shepherd to feed you with the required spiritual diet needed for your growth and maturity (Jeremiah 3:15), and God has put in our pastors that burden and desire to see us become like Christ. Our pastors are sent to teach us, raise us, until they can present every man perfect in Christ Jesus (Colossians 1:28). The Word of God on the lips of your pastor is designed to build you up and give you your inheritance in Christ (Acts 20:32). If you want to see Christ formed in you to the end that the glory of the Gospel of Christ is showcased through you, then you must yield to the ministry of your Pastor. Hebrews 13:17 says, “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.” As you submit to the ministry of your pastor, your life will become profitable and the glory of God will be seen in you and in all areas of your life.
My Solid Front (Confession)
Heavenly Father, I thank You for the gifts of shepherds after Your heart who are sent to feed me with knowledge and understanding. With meekness, I yield myself to the ministry of my pastors so that they can watch over my soul until I grow up to the fullness of Christ, who is my hope of realising glory in all spheres of my life. Amen
Further Meditation: Ephesians 4:13-15; Colossians 1:23-29; James 1:22-25
2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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Leverage Devotional 2024 Devotional was written by Apostle Segun Obadje (ph.D), the Set Man of God’s Love Tabernacle International Church. He is a New Testament Apostle and Teacher of the Word of God’s Grace and the Testimony of Jesus Christ.
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