Title: His Mouthpiece / Topic: The Church

Today’s Reading: Ecclesiastes 4; Ecclesiastes 5; Ecclesiastes 6; Psalm 18; Ephesians 3

Scripture: Ephesians 3:10-11
10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Observation: God is mysterious. Sometimes I think that we western Christians forget this truth or minimize it but there remain many mysteries related to who God is, how He operates, and why He does what He does. The word tells us that His wisdom is far above ours and that we, on our own, could never fathom His ways.

Yet in the Ephesians 3 passage above, we are told that for long ages God has maintained a secret plan ("eternal purpose") that He is now unfolding. That plan is to reveal His "manifold wisdom" to "the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms." He is wanting to lay out before the spirit world -- all the angels and principalities and powers of good and evil in the invisible realm -- all the details of the who, what, when, where, how, and why of His Kingdom. The stunning part of this is that He has chosen as His mouthpiece of this amazing revelation THE CHURCH.

Application: This is a high calling and solemn charge. Somehow, God thinks it best to use the Church as the sole revealer of God to the spirit world. What I get out of this amazing idea is that through us, God shows His true colors. His wisdom, mercy, grace, and justice are all revealed through His dealings with us.

[An example of how this works is how Solomon's wisdom was revealed to his court and his nation.]

We are blessed to be allowed in this role as it means we are now the recipients of the beauty, love, and nobleness of who God is. Let us live in appreciation with a quality of holy and respectful living and respond with praise and thanksgiving to God.

Prayer: Lord, thank You for this blessed privilege to be vehicles of declaring Your wisdom. You truly have chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Empower me to live in a way that honors this sacred call. May Your people be cognizant of the true privilege You have granted us and may we walk accordingly.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.