Completeness

“And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us.” (Colossians 2:10 TPT)

Do you ever feel incomplete? 

Over the last few decades, I have completed most of the goals I have set for myself. Yet, like most people, I can’t help but wonder if there is more to life. No matter how hard I try, there always seems to be a bit of emptiness that never gets filled. 

The Greek translation of the New Testament uses the word pleroma to mean completeness. Pleroma essentially conveys a filling up of an empty thing or completing that which is incomplete. In Christian theology, pleroma conveys the totality of the fullness of divinity. It encompasses that which is tangible and intangible, describable and indescribable. It implies wholeness instead of brokenness. In Christ we are replete--abundantly supplied with everything necessary. Our life is perfected, finished, and topped-off. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us.