Filled Full

Scripture: Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Observation: This is one of the most profound scriptures in the Bible. This is part of the Sermon on the Mount, which begins with the Beatitudes.. Blessed is the poor in spirit ..., then tells us to be Salty or full of Zest, then tells us that we should shine before men like a city on a hill. Now Jesus "drops the bomb". At this point in his message, we have to be in awe and wonder at the words of the Master. He tells us that he is the fulfillment of the law and the prophets. The word fulfill in Greek means to cram something full. Literally "Fill Full". So Jesus filled the law full. He took what had become somewhat of shell, and stuffed it full. Certainly the Beatitudes did just that. And what Jesus teaches next really fills the law full and makes it complete. In remainder of Chapter 5 Jesus teaches things like: If the Law said you should not kill, I say that if you have anger at someone without cause that you are in danger of Judgement... and the law says don't commit adultery but Jesus teaches that if we look on someone with lust that we have already committed adultery. These teachings are certainly filling the law full. But there is more. Jesus WAS the fulfillment of the law. In fact Laws wouldn't make us right with God. It took Jesus. And when he has made you right with God, you really don't need to worry about the laws... you only need to worry about him. What we need, is to be "Filled Full" of him!

Application: We really don't need to worry about laws and rules and doo's and don't. We need to worry about whether we are filled full of Jesus. He wants to be with us. He wants to change us from flesh and bones into eternal beings that are filled with him. He wants to be with us in our Spirit.

Prayer: Dear Jesus, I ask you to fill me with you. I don't want to live the way I am living any more. I want you. Cleanse me and fill me with you.