Ephesians Lesson 3/Days 8-9

When my son was little he came to me and announced, "Mom! Guess what? I'm 8 feet 2 inches tall!" I laughed a bit and asked how he measured himself. “With this!” he said sweetly and proudly handed me a 6-inch ruler; he was actually 4 foot 1inch. Isn’t that the same problem we have in life? We measure ourselves by the wrong standard – often against one another. But God shows us the ultimate measure – Jesus. The only standard by which we will ultimately be measured will be the measuring stick of Christ. We need to remember the goal of the gifts that God has given us is so that we will grow "to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” There is the measuring stick – the fullness of Christ. This would be a lost cause if it weren’t for this amazing truth – God’s gifts to us equip us to do exactly this! Here is our purpose, our mission, our calling! Our life will only be complete when we aim for the goal we were designed for – to do the good works created for us to do. Remember this isn’t empty, altruistic “good deeds!” The whole point is to point to Jesus and to know that he is not Jesus a miracle worker, an amazing teacher, but Jesus Christ the man, the Son of God and Son of Man. He is the way God measures us, and the one whom we are to measure ourselves by