In Ephesians 3:6 Paul speaks of three things that had been concealed that God was making known through the work He was doing in Paul. Now before I get into those three things, this gives yet another truth that we can look towards as it relates to God’s work in our lives, “It is going to be glorious”! What God is taking you through right now is going to have a glorious outcome for God’s kingdom.
Paul could have great confidence in this truth and it no doubt brought him much comfort on difficult days. Paul is so amazed by these three works of God that he was privileged to be a part of that he makes up three new words to describe them which is better seen in the ASV, each of which is a compound word:
1“Fellow-heirs”: That is to say that God has adopted us His family as His children without first having to become Jews. God gives us every benefit and privilege as He gave Israel. It is this truth that Paul expounded upon in the first chapter when he declared that God “has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ”. No 2nd class children in God’s house.
2“Fellow members of the body”: They were indistinguishable from their brothers and sisters of Israel as they made up the same body. In the same way that your feet cannot hate the hands, we are all part of the same body of Christ.
3“Fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel”: Finally, we have the same status or position within the family. In other words, God does not love some of His children more than others.
Paul could look out of his prison cell and know that he had been given a great privilege to partake in declaring glorious truths that set others free from the bondage of the world. Furthermore, somehow his bondage was a part of their freedom.
I’m convinced that God wastes nothing in my life and that somehow my bondage seen in difficulties and struggles will be used to not only set myself free but through His power, others as well!