Eph. 3:4-5 “In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.”
On a dark Sunday morning when the weather was freezing, wet, and stormy, one of the deacons in a small church whispered, “I am sure the preacher won’t be able to thank God for anything on a day like this. It’s absolutely horrible outside!” Then the preacher began the service by praying, “We thank Thee, O God, that the weather is not always like this.”
On the verses above, you won’t even know that the book of Ephesians was written by Paul while he suffering in prison. There is no smell of prison in this book. For although Paul is bound in flesh, is not bound in spirit. He is there as the prisoner of Rome, but this he will not admit, and claims to be the prisoner of Jesus Christ. What is the secret of such victorious other-worldliness? Paul’s spirit is with Christ in the heavenlies, though his body languishes in prison. His focus is solely on the Lord. May the Lord make us to be like this.
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