Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you for a share of the allotted portion of the saints in the light. [Recovery Version]
In this matter of God’s purpose we should not count on what we have or on what we can do. What we have is Eliezer and what we can do is Ishmael. Eliezer was what Abraham had and Ishmael was what Abraham could do, and neither of them counted for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. What we have and what we can do does not count. It has to be God Himself. After a certain time, when we truly have become nothing, God will work Himself into us, and that which He has worked into us will bring forth Christ as the seed and will also bring us into Christ as our land. Christ should be the seed within us. Christ should also be the land in which we live. (Life-study of Genesis, ch. 44; cf. Ephesians 3:17, 8; Colossians 1:12, 27; 2:6)
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