OUR FATHER WHO CREATED ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS

The Apostle Paul, in the letter to the Ephesians in chapter 3 verses 8 - 13, reveals how he, the least of all saints, was made a minister to the Gentiles to take to them the salvation fashioned among the Jews but made efficaciouse to all men on earth by a wisdom that was hidden in God from the beginning of the ages.

The unfolding of this plan made known to all creation the multifaceted wisdom that God deployed to the glory of Jesus Christ.

8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; 10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. 13 Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Paul, having revealed the centrality of this plan to the eternal purposes of God, we can be confident in the part we are given to play in this great enterprise and we can remain undaunted in the face of difficulty.

Amen.

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