"In"

People like to be "in."

In style.
In cahoots.
In love.
In the know.
In the inner circle.

Sometimes, in the body of Christ,
there is competition to be "in"
with those "at the top."

Sometimes, people will even try to hurt
others or tattle on them so they themselves
can be "in" and they can kick the others "out."

They are like small children competing
for the limited love of their parents.

I believe that if we knew who we were
"in" with, we would not strive
to be "in" anywhere else.

Colossians 2:10 says that we are
complete "in Him" who is the head
of all principalities and power.

-Can't rub shoulders with anyone
higher than that.
And we're complete in Him- the Head
of all heads? Wow.

The writer of Ephesians says that "In Him"
we are blessed with every spiritual blessing;
we sit with Him in heavenly places;
and we are partakers of His promise.
What more could we want?

And my favorite "in"?
From Jesus Himself, recorded in John 15:15,16~

"No longer do I call you servants, for a servant
does not know what his master is doing;
but I have called you friends,
for all things that I heard from My Father,
I have made known to you.
You did not choose Me,
But I chose you..."

So,
we're high up there with the Highest
and we've got everything we need.

We're in style with that beautiful
white robe of righteousness.

We're in cahoots with Him and what
He desires for the world and His bride.

We are in love with Him and He with us.

He clues us in and tells us everything we need
to know through His Word and His Spirit.

And, we're in the inner circle.
He chose us to be in it
and we are His friends.

If we got a hold of this,
there would be much less envy
and tearing down in the Body of Christ.

There would be a reaching down
and pulling up going on all around us.

And we would be extending the invitation
to "belong" to those on the edges
and the outside
and we'd want all of our fellow believers
to be "in" the inner circle.

When Jesus was here in the flesh,
He could handle three in His inner circle.

But now, through His Spirit,
He is not limited by the confines of His flesh.

We can be nice and near,
like one of the other eight or nine
disciples,
or we can be in the inner circle,
where He can guide us with His eye.

We can be His Peter, James, and John.

(I want to be John. I want to lay my
head against His chest, and hear
His heart beating.)

This is the "in" group
where I want to belong.

Won't you join too?