“I, Paul, have become a servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in it’s fullness, the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:25-27).

Chosen (Def.): (Gr.): Thelo: To determine, choose or prefer, to be inclined to, or about to, to delight in

We all have choices to make everyday. God also makes choices according to His will, His eternal plan and purposes. It is always in the wisdom of God to make sure that our choices align with His choices; so we can always be confident and assured our choices are in accordance with His will.

A simple solution to the delima sometimes caused in making choices is to not act on things or move forward with things until we have them confirmed by the Holy Spirit that they are indeed, the will of God. Another way to live in our faith walk is to wait until we first hear the word of God and know His will and then come into agreement with it and move forward with that which we know to be the will of God because it came from Him and not from something we desired.

God has chosen to make His will known to us. It is a simple solution that makes life’s choices flow so much easier. God has chosen to put the Spirit of His Son in us. It is by allowing the Spirit of the Son in us to direct us that we can always be fully assured that we are in the will of God because the Spirit of the Son will always do His will.

“I can of Mine Own Self do nothing; as I hear I decide, and My decision is just because I seek not Mine Own Will, but the will of the Father Who sent Me” (John 5:30).

“For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother” (Mark 3:35).

It is by the Spirit of the Son in us, as the Scripture says, “Christ in you” that is our eternal hope. Living by the Spirit of the Son we continually say what He said,

In the Garden of Gethsemane: “O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Your will be done” (Matthew 26:42).

“. . . nevertheless not as I will but as You will” (Matthew 26:39)

God has chosen the way of the Spirit of the Son in us to carry out His plans and purposes in the earth. The Apostle wrote to the church at Galatia these truths for our learning:

“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts crying, Abba, Father” (Galatians 4:6).

It is the Spirit of the Son, the Christos (Gr.)(Anointed One), Christ in you by whom we are to live, make decisions, move forward, prosper and minister to and give to others the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the way Jesus taught us, this is the way the Apostles set forth the faith in which we are to live. This is What God Has Chosen for us. This is the simple solution for living out our faith and hope everyday.

This simple way of Christ in you was formerly a great mystery as the Apostle has described it:

“Wherefore I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you to fulfil the word of God, even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been made manifest to His saints. To whom God has chosen to make known what are the riches of the Glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the hope of Glory” (Colossians 1:25-27).

Have you received Christ? Have you been born again of the Spirit of God? The Holy Spirit has come as Jesus promised:

“When He the Spirit of Truth is come, He will guide you into all Truth, for He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear that shall He speak, and He will show you things to come” (John 16:13).

This is the way, by the Spirit. Follow the Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of the Son. This is What God has Chosen for us. This is what He has determined, what He has been inclined to do for all eternity. Indeed, it is His delight. Today if you have heard His voice, and agree with all you have heard, say yes, and let Him lead you into His eternal purposes in His Son.

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