Timeless Purpose

 

Timeless Purpose

Ever see something

and ask

 “What is the purpose?”

 

 

 

“This is in accordance with

the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose

which He has realized and carried into effect

in [the person of] Christ Jesus our Lord.”

 Ephesians 3:11 AMP

It only makes sense that an eternal God

would have a timeless purpose.

A purpose that was before the creation of the world

and will remain the same forever.

In a changing world,

we many times lose sight of the big picture.

The other day my daughter Julie was having breakfast at IHOP.

Everyone in the restaurant was looking at her.

She was feeling insecure because she was on her way home

from a Brownies Camp Out at the Mud Hens Stadium

and didn’t look her best.

She found a great sigh of relief when she realized

they were not looking at her

but through the window by her,

watching the McDonalds next door being torn down.

My grandchildren loved this McDonalds with its playroom.

Somehow someone thought that this building

and all its play ground equipment had served its purpose.

In the time you can eat breakfast, it became all scrap.

Kids all over this end of town will never understand

why their play ground was tore down.

But the purpose of McDonalds

was not to build play grounds.

Their purpose was to build the best fast food restaurants;

and the new building will reflect their purpose.

The Apostle Paul is trying to help us see

that in a world of change

God’s purpose has never changed.

Here are a few words Paul uses to describe

the eternal and timeless purpose of God:

It is full of unsearchable riches!

The Amplified says it this way in Ephesians 3:8…

the unending

(boundless, fathomless, incalculable, and exhaustless)

riches of Christ

[wealth which no human being could have searched out]

Although it’s been a mystery,

it has been well administrated

and ready to be revealed.

Tomorrow we will find out why it is so important

we understand God’s timeless purpose.

For today,

 give it some thought to what the riches

of His timeless purpose are.

Scripture Reading

Ephesians 3:1-10 NIV

3:1 For this reason I, Paul,

the prisoner of Christ Jesus

for the sake of you Gentiles—

2 Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace

that was given to me for you,

3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation,

as I have already written briefly.

4 In reading this, then,

you will be able to understand my insight

into the mystery of Christ,

5 which was not made known to men in other generations

as it has now been revealed by the Spirit

to God's holy apostles and prophets.

6 This mystery is that through the gospel

the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel,

members together of one body,

and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

7 I became a servant of this gospel

by the gift of God's grace

given me through the working of his power.

8 Although I am less than the least of all God's people,

this grace was given me:

to preach to the Gentiles

the unsearchable riches of Christ,

9 and to make plain to everyone

the administration of this mystery,

which for ages past was kept hidden in God,

who created all things.