The Measure of the Stature part 5
The measure of the man is the size of him. What he's all about. Who he is. And that's why it's so important to know the measure of the stature of Jesus. Because in knowing who HE is, we know who WE are. Because as He is, so are we in this world. His measure is our measure. When we measure ourselves AGAINST things, and people, we inevitably fall short. But when we measure ourselves BY Jesus... that's when we can stop trying to be someone we're not and just be who we really are. Which is who we are in Christ. Which is who Christ is in us. Who we are in love. Which is who love is in us. And that measure--the fulness of the Godhead bodily--has already been given to us. Revealed to us. We have already been filled with all the fulness of God. Jesus is the truth, right? The truth about God and the truth about us. The truth about love. So when we receive that truth... listen. The truth HAS set us free and made us free. But it isn't until we know and believe that truth--that always has been and always will be true--that we can experience BEING free. Our freedom is a done deal. Experiencing and enjoying it is something else entirely. Because you can't believe something you don't know. Faith comes from hearing, and hearing from the Word (which is Jesus, which is love) of God. Look at Mark 4:24, "And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given." What you receive is what you can release. And what you release is what you can experience. Because love is giving. Giving everything you have and everything you are. That's how you enjoy and experience everything you have and everything you are. And that's how the people in your life experience everything you have and everything you are. You were created on purpose. For purpose. By purpose. You were created... to be you. To let the love of God that has already filled you... come out. To let what's inside out. To give it away. To share it. And in that way... experience it. We are God's love letter tot the world, right? We are how He expresses Himself. We are what He wants to say. That's our shape. That's our size. That's our measure. It's love. God is love. Jesus is God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in OUR flesh. Love in OUR body. So, again, we don't measure ourselves AGAINST anything. We measure ourselves BY the truth of God's love. We measure ourselves as creatures--New Creatures in Christ--of love. If love is our focus, then we have our priorities straight. Anything else and we just get twisted and messed up and confused. Love lights the way. Because love is the light of the world. Jesus is the light of the world. YOU are the light of the world. It's all the same light. It's all the same love. We don't measure ourselves AGAINST Jesus--love--but BY Jesus (love). We see Him in ourselves and we see ourselves in Him. That's the true measure of the stature. That's what we really look like. That's what we can (and ought to) be all about. Simply receiving and releasing the love of God. They Way, the Truth, and the Life... of God. The Way, the Truth, and the Life... of love!