Wholeness In Jesus, Life In Every Part
One switch lighting the room, a simple picture of living wholly in Jesus.
Devotional Credit: In Christ, E. Stanley Jones, reflecting on Colossians 2:10
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E. Stanley Jones keeps the spotlight clear. Fullness of life is found in Jesus, not beside Him, not beyond Him. He pushes back on every shortcut that tries to bypass the Incarnation. God did not stay distant. The Word became flesh. In Jesus, the fullness of Deity lives bodily, and in Him we are brought to fullness. That means our real lives, minds and bodies and relationships, can be gathered into one center and made alive.
Jones writes like a friend who has watched people chase wholeness everywhere else. He says, we either come to fullness of life in Jesus or we do not come to fullness at all. That may sound strong, but it is kind. Apart from Jesus we guess about God and we guess wrong. In Him we are welcomed into the truth, and truth heals us from the inside out.
He also refuses a divided life. The Lord does not ask us to splice Jesus into our schedules as one more add on. He invites us to live wholly in Him, all the time, with all we are. That is not a heavy burden. It is freedom. Jesus renews the mind. He unifies the spirit. He dignifies the body. Living from Him, we become our truest selves, not smaller, but sound.
I am grateful for Jones’s steady voice and for how he honors the Incarnation. Because Jesus brings all the fullness of God into our humanity, we do not have to piece together life from fragments. In Christ we receive a single center. Life stops leaking. Love gains weight. Simplicity returns.
Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
I am the Holy Spirit, and I dwell in you. In Jesus all the fullness of Deity lives bodily, and you have been brought to fullness in Him. I unite you with the Anointed One so that His life becomes your life. I take what belongs to Him and declare it to you.
I renew your mind so that you put on the new self, created after God in true righteousness and holiness. I teach you to present your body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. You were bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body. Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the Father.
I make you part of His body with others. From Him the whole body grows as each part works properly. I distribute gifts for the common good. I produce fruit that looks like Jesus, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. I set the peace of the Messiah to rule in your heart, and I cause His word to dwell richly in you.
Walk in Him. Be rooted and built up in Him. Continue in the faith with thanksgiving. The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. I will keep you in perfect peace as your mind stays on the Lord.
Real-Life Analogy
Think of a power strip with one main switch. When you flip it on, every connected device receives power at once. Lamps glow. Speakers hum. The room wakes with one click.
Abiding looks like that. The Spirit of Jesus is the Source, and your whole life plugs into Him. If work feels scattered today, you might say, Lord, I trust You to be my one switch. Flow through my planning, my words, and my posture. Then write one clear priority, finish the next right task without hopping tabs, and send a simple, kind update. Let the Lord power the whole board.
Prayer of Confidence
Father, thank You that in Jesus I have been brought to fullness. Thank You that the Holy Spirit lives in me and gathers my mind, my spirit, and my body into one center in Your Son. Thank You that my ordinary work and relationships can carry Your life. I receive Your peace ruling in my heart. I enjoy Your word dwelling richly in me. I rejoice that everything I do today can be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, with thanks.
Scripture References for the Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture Section
Colossians 2:9-10. John 1:14. John 16:14-15. Ephesians 4:22-24. Romans 12:1-2. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Colossians 3:17. Ephesians 4:15-16. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7. Galatians 5:22-23. Colossians 3:15-16. Colossians 2:6-7. Psalm 24:1. 1 Corinthians 10:31. Isaiah 26:3.