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July 6th 2025

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And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in Churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!—Ephesians 3:8-10 (MSG)

Paul says that his ministry had the effect of unveiling God’s unique wisdom. This is going on now, while the Church is being formed. It is a revelation in which even “angels” are learning something by observing the Church.
The revelation of the mystery is the revelation of God’s love—in ways that make the angels amazed and startled as they learn the tremendous secrets of God’s love. This is why Peter says in his first letter that our salvation is so tremendous that the angels longed to look into these things (I Peter 1:12).
The phrase translated “extraordinary plan,” is literally the “many-colored wisdom of God.” Life consists of many colors, and God’s love is manifest in all the hues of life. So when we go through a blue time, it is God’s love that we are learning. When we go through a dark and pressured time, the love of God is being manifested there. We may not see it, but God knows how to make it clear. And even the joyful times are manifestations of the many-colored wisdom of God.
As the angels observe, they see us learn to trust God, to turn from our fears and to renew ourselves with divine strength, to draw upon God's great and mighty promises in the hour of pressure and danger. As they see this, their praise begins to ring out in amazement and wonder at a God—who is also able to find a way by which He can lavish His love upon the very ones who deserve His wrath. This makes the angels praise God.
We never can completely understand God’s amazing love, manifested in the many-colored wisdom that leads us into the circumstances of our life. But it is this that edifies even angels of the greatness of the God we serve.

Prayer: Lord, as we go today, we ask You to display the extraordinary plan of Your love through us, that even angels might see—and be amazed. We declare that we trust in You, so we’re free to say whatever needs to be said; we’re bold to go wherever we need to go. We will not let present trouble deter us. In the name of Jesus, who is our Christ, we pray. AMEN!

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