Name above every name

Ephesians 1:21-23
He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way.

Do we really believe His name is above all names and therefore has rule, authority, power, and dominion over all things? I can't say I always do. I remember as a new believer, I was on fire for Jesus. I would see a situation, put it under the feet of Jesus, and pray with an authority by the power of the name of Jesus!

Why has that bonfire become more of a slow ember? Maybe you could say it's because of a sense of aloneness in my passionate pursuit? Maybe cases of feeling failure in a situation, not seeing what I prayed for coming about? Maybe just because it's easier to be lazy? Probably a little of all......

I feel like I'm suffocating at times because what gave me life, energy, and joy has been put to the way side in the attempt to have a comfortable life. I have traded the passion of following Jesus with fire in my heart for a life without conflict and confrontation. Am I alone in this? I don't think so....

Reading this passage today triggered something. Why did God put everything under Jesus' feet?

which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way.

We are called to be the fullness of Jesus here on earth......we are to live out the life He lived.....we are unique creations of God.....not God but filled by God.....human but distinctly different from the fallen homo sapien or "Knowing Man"......we are homo divina! "Divine man"

I have a lot to think about........

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My thoughts for six months

So I have to journal for my Pastoral studies and put down my thoughts as I go through a six month period of time. As you might have noticed from my previous blogs, I'm not very consistent with journals or blogging, but I'm going to do my best and keep with it :-)
I've been fascinated with a couple things lately. One is Corinthians and the story Paul shows of a people in love with Jesus, but still carrying lifestyles that don't match up with the calling of following Christ. How you can be a Christian and still not fully be "Perfect" in actions. It seems antithetical to how we teach salvation. Many gave me the impression as a new Christian that if you are a "true Christian" you lay all of that down at the cross and you're done with it, but that isn't the rule as we look at others getting saved....it's the exception. Most of us walk around carrying things that don't line up with Gods word, not out of rebellion, but out of not knowing.
Discipleship.........the book of corinthians is a book of discipleship. I sometimes think we produce orphaned Christians because we lead them to the cross, they cross over to life and then we say,"Praise God!!" and move on. No fathers. No mothers. Just new Christians without direction, doing the best they can.
God empowers us and that is first and foremost, but if that was it why did Paul tell Timothy to teach and correct doctrine!? Because others didn't have access to the holy spirit? NO not at all, but like Babies we need to be taught how the understand the language being spoken to us. Are teaching and discipling others? I'm not as much as I used to. Caught up in life.

Ephesians 3:16-17
"I pray that he would give you, according to HIS glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through HIS Spirit, and that the Messiah would make HIS home in your hearts through faith."





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