Eph 1:4 Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, 5 Predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Before God created the universe, He had a pleasure, a heart's desire. Every human being is seeking some kind of pleasure. God also has His pleasure. According to this good pleasure, God made a plan [His economy] . This plan was to dispense Himself into a number of human beings, to work Himself into them. This is God's pleasure, His delight. Few Christians realize that God has a pleasure and that His plan is to dispense Himself into us and work Himself into us. Yet this is revealed in the Bible. In Ephesians 1:5 Paul speaks of "the good pleasure of His will," and in verse 9, of "His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself." Furthermore, Paul uses the word dispensation several times. In Ephesians 1:10 he speaks of a "dispensation of the fullness of the times," and in Ephesians 3:9 he refers to "the dispensation of the mystery, which from the ages has been hidden in God, Who created all things." To repeat, God's good pleasure is to dispense Himself into us and work Himself into us. First, God created the heavens, the earth, and man. Zechariah 12:1 says that the Lord stretched forth the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him. The human spirit is a special organ created by God for man to receive God. We may use a transistor radio as an illustration. A transistor radio contains a receiver which picks up the sound waves in the air. We can compare ourselves to the radio, and our spirit to the receiver. The heavens are for the earth, the earth is for man, and man, created with a spirit, is for God. Because man has a spirit, a receiver, it is possible for him to take God into him. (c) Living Stream Ministry.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of 1 Corinthians, pp. 96-97. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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