Complete

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: - Colossians 2:10

    Completeness in the positive spiritual sense has been a stranger to mankind since the fall of Adam. Man is complete only in the sense that he is completely sinful, and completely spiritually dead, which is negative as to his relationship with God. Proverbs 27:20 says that the eyes of man are never satisfied. Complete suggests being whole, fulfilled, satisfied, nothing lacking. In man there is a void, an emptiness, which he continually attempts to fill with all that he knows to utilize, which is all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.

    So man spends his life trying to fill an abyss with things that are perpetually changing and dying. Any happiness, contentment, satisfaction, or gratification is temporary and short lived that is derived from the things of the world. Only those who have the Lord Jesus Christ as the Object or their faith and Anchor of their soul are complete. This completeness, where it really matters, is the believer’s relationship with God and his satisfaction. All the elect are complete in Christ and therefore accepted by God in Him. By revelation in regeneration, the child of God, by faith, is enabled to see and enjoy this relationship, and therefore looks to Christ. He finds peace, satisfaction, contentment and fulfillment, which is not of this world, and which is eternal, everlasting, and therefore complete.

    Those that continually seek out the things of the world to find happiness and contentment are in a sad state, because their world and dreams are vanishing, and will soon disappear before their eyes. Those that are complete in Christ and look to him for all things are in a happy state, and will soon leave this world where every thing is temporary. We will be no more complete then, than now. However, we will be able to enjoy Christ without the cares and temptations of this fleshly tabernacle in which we live in this world. Where, and to whom, do we find ourselves looking to find consolation and happiness; to ourselves and the things of the world, or to Christ?

    The child of God is Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God (Heb 12:2).