Opening Eyes to the Fullness

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Opening Eyes to the Fullness

The day I stopped begging for crumbs and walked into the pantry

The Leaky Bucket I Carried for Years

For decades I lived like a man with a cracked bucket.

Running to altars.

Begging for more patience.

More peace.

More power.

More anything.

’d leave church feeling topped off for about six hours,

then the leaks would start again.

One Tuesday morning Colossians 2:9-10 punched me square in the chest:

“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,

and you have been brought to fullness in Him.”

Not “you will be.”

Not “you’re getting there.”

You HAVE BEEN brought to fullness.

Past tense.

Done deal.

Bucket plugged.

Ocean poured in.

The Pantry Door Grandma Opened

My Six-Year-Old Discovery

I was six.

Always hungry.

Always sneaking crumbs off the counter.

One day Grandma caught me,

took my sticky hand,

walked me to the pantry,

and flung the door wide open.

Shelves groaned with cookies,

cereal,

canned peaches,

everything a kid could dream of.

She knelt down and said,

“Dick, all of this has always been yours.

Stop eating crumbs.

Come here when you’re hungry.”

I stood there with my mouth open,

realizing I’d been hungry in a house full of food.

That’s exactly what Jesus did for us.

He didn’t hand us a snack.

He opened the pantry of God Himself

and said,

“It’s all yours.

Eat.”

Why We Still Feel Empty in a Full House

Because we forget where the pantry is.

We go back to begging for crumbs

when the banquet door is already swinging open.

The fullness isn’t out there somewhere.

It’s in here.

Christ in you.

All of Him.

All the time.

How to Live Pantry-Open Every Day

• Feel impatient? → Walk to the pantry.

• Feel anxious? → Walk to the pantry.

• Feel weak? → Walk to the pantry.
  

The shelves never run low.

The door never locks.

Grandma already said, “It’s yours.”

Prayer That Opens Eyes and Pantries

Lord Jesus,

I’ve been eating crumbs off the floor

while You stand holding the pantry door wide open.

Forgive my small thinking.

Open my eyes today

to see that ALL the fullness of God

now lives in me

because You live in me.When I feel empty,

remind me the bucket isn’t leaking—

it’s overflowing.

Teach me to live from the pantry,

not the floor.

I’m hungry for all of You.

And You already said yes.

Thank You.

Amen.

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