Ephesians 1:8-10
“He thought of everything, provided everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.”
“He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ- which is to fulfill his own good plan. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ- everything in heaven and on earth.”
Our Lord is not only a creator, but a planner also. And he enjoys it, as we enjoy planning birthday parties for our children. The focus of this party is not a human child, but the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything will be wrapped up in him: perfect love, perfect justice, perfect administration and perfect politics. It will be glorious to see the world and universe put right, under the divine rule of a wise and compassionate king.
Lord, thank you for the comfort I have in you for the future. The anxieties of the present do not afflict me because I hope in you. Show me how to share this hope with the modern anxious, so they may hear this good news and breathe a sigh of relief. Guard me from aloof complacency. Help me engage with the worry, offering you and the hope you provide instead. Always for your glory.