Complete in Him

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. – Colossians 2v9-10


Complete in Him. Those words have a powerful impact all by themselves. The Christian immediately identifies with what it means to be complete in Christ. The truth becomes even more profound when we look at the preceding words; ‘In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.’

In other words, we find our completeness in the Christ. All of the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Christ. Therefore we are complete in the One Who is totally complete. There is nothing we lack, there can be no shortage. Most of all, for me, there is nothing I, that is, my flesh, can do to fix what He wants to do.

Aaron Wolfe put it perfectly in a late 19th century hymn. I don’t know the details, but someone as recently revived this wonderful own song, which states perfectly what it means to be ‘complete in Him, in Whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells.’

Complete in Thee! no work of mine
May take, dear Lord, the place of Thine;
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And I am now complete in Thee.

Refrain:Yea, justified! O blessed thought!
And sanctified! Salvation wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And glorified, I too, shall be!

Complete in Thee! no more shall sin,
Thy grace hath conquered, reign within;
Thy voice shall bid the tempter flee,
And I shall stand complete in Thee.

Complete in Thee— each want supplied,
And no good thing to me denied;
Since Thou my portion, Lord, wilt be,
I ask no more, complete in Thee.

Dear Saviour! when before Thy bar
All tribes and tongues assembled are,
Among Thy chosen will I be,
At Thy right hand, complete in Thee.

Aaron R. Wolfe, 1821-1902
Refrain, James M. Gray, 1851-1935