Full Of God

 "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power." Col. 2:9-10

In Christ is all the fullness of God. All the power, the character, the attributes of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are all found in the person of Jesus Christ. The disciples caught a glimpse of this on the mount of Transfiguration, when they saw Him in His glory. And yet, after Jesus rose from the dead, he was seen as a man by a lot of people for 40 days. All I can say is, in Heaven, we will be like Him with abilities beyond our understanding now, but we will still be us.

The word fullness is the Greek word pleroma. It denotes not just that something is full, but it also expresses what it is full of. In this context it speaks of Jesus being full of God in the completeness of His being.

"to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." Eph. 3:19

All that we need to get saved, to stay saved, and to be saved are in Christ.

It also says that we are complete in Him. The word complete is the Greek word pleroo. It means to fill or to be made full. To be complete in Christ is to be full of Christ. So we read in Ephesians 3:19. Also, in ancient languages, the word enthusiasm is literally en Theos, which literally means full of God. So being full of God is both a fact and a theological statement. It is also an experience.

To be much for God we must be much with God. In prayer, in reading, in worship, in works.

Some people have just enough of God in them to make them miserable.