He has been within us all along!
2 Corinthians 4:7 (MIRROR)
"We have discovered this treasure where it was hidden all along, in these frail skin-suits made of clay."
Sometimes when children are going on a trip, their parents have packed things in their luggage that they didn't know about until later when they unpacked their bags.
Something similar has happened with humanity. When God created us, His very own offspring, He put something (Someone!!) in us without our knowledge. Now the mystery is revealed - Christ is in us, the hope (sure expectation) of glory (God's presence manifested). If Adam had known what had been put in his luggage at creation, he would never have eaten of the knowledge tree, because he would already have known that he was full, complete, perfect, and one with God, being made of God Himself and having the dear and precious Christ within as constant companion..but 'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" - not knowing everything that he was, and not believing his Daddy that all was well and nothing was lacking in him or in his relationship with Him, Adam partook of the knowledge tree and the rest is history...yet it is truly HIS story, for His story is so much bigger than our messy story. Our story is really a bad dream and HIS story is what's real! We fell into believing lies about separation and inferiority and lack, but HE always knew the truth...HE was still in the luggage, no matter what terrible turn we took on our journey, no matter what dark alley we ended up in.
And with the incarnation, He sprang forth and revealed Himself and showed us that our story was the dream, His the reality, and we were only 'going all the wrong places' in our minds, while our true self was safe at home with Him in eternity all the time. Oh what a relief to find out what was with me, in me, part of me, making up the real me, all along - Christ Himself! We are so close we are one..I was never lost, never missing anything, never inadequate, never alone, never separated, never inferior, never lacking, never an orphan, never unwanted, never shameful, never a mess...I was always with Him, in His arms, His precious and innocent little child..and Christ had been in me all along as my true nature, as the One I'm made of, as the One I'm united with forever in perfect fellowship and oneness..oh how good to have something put in my luggage way before time began, and to be rescued from those lies and to wake up and find this treasure within, where He had been all along..
A Thought: Jesus, You are my treasure, and I thank You for being inside me all along!