I wonder how many guys have used the line “You complete me”? It really grabs a lady’s attention even if she knows it’s a quote from the film Jerry McGuire. I’ve tried it on my wife with stunning results. What is interesting is the line is not original in the movie. I believe Paul was the first to use it when talking about Jesus. Colossians 2:10, “You are complete in Him.”
In our quest for development we are so aware of our deficiencies. If we were on our own in this pursuit we would be doomed to failure. It is just part of being human that the better we know ourselves the more aware we become of our needs. Surely discouragement would eventually overwhelm us when we realize there is a certain point in the aging process that our cognitive skills and our physical skills aren’t what they used to be. When my family says to me, “Are you all right?” I realize I am sending subtle signals I thought I was covering up.
Fortunately for all of us the completeness encompasses the entirety of our being and with Jesus as our righteousness we stand before God not as a forgiven sinner but as an individual who has never sinned. I have a friend who tells me he wants to check my record when he gets to heaven. I just smile because I know the only thing there is the good stuff. The bad stuff isn’t just a secret between Jesus and me. It’s gone! I love it! He will be so frustrated because he is suspicious I have a pretty raunchy record. He will never know because I’m not talking and neither is Jesus. Jesus completes us!
Written by Roger Bothwell on July 8, 2011
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