Weekly Devotion
February 15, 2026

ONE BODY IN CHRIST
MYSTERY TOUR 
THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS

If you are anything like me, you enjoy reading a novel or watching a good movie with lots of intrigue that takes me on a journey of to find out who did, how they fix the problem and what they plan to do next. Usually in the end “good” wins out and “wrong” gets their just deserves. Hopefully everyone learns from the encounter/experience.

Paul wrote to the Ephesians about a GREAT MYSTERY plan God had right from the beginning of creation, a plan He did not reveal to anyone else. His worked His great plan through His Son, Jesus Christ. [Ephesians 1:9; 3:9]

Ephesians 1:9-14 lays out the initial ground work and purpose of God’s Mystery Plan:

9 God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan. 10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

12 God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God. 13 And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. 14 The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

Paul continues on in chapter 1 sharing his sense of where the Ephesian church is in their journey with Jesus. He commends them for their strong faith in Jesus and their love for God’s people everywhere. He prays for them asking that God, the Father gives them spiritual wisdom and insight to grow in knowledge of Him and that their hearts would be flooded with light to understand the hope God gives to His people. He also prays that they will understand the greatness of God’s power for those who believe in Him.

Paul tells the Ephesians and us that “22 God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. 23 And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.” [Ephesians 1:22-23]

This is the first of a few devotionals from Ephesians. I hope that you will journey with me over this time as we plume the depths of God’s Mystery Tour that affirms who we are in Christ and equips us to be the people He wants us to be individually and as His Church—HIS BODY. We will discover or be reminded that God’s plan isn’t based on a detailed list of concreted do’s & don’ts. Paul teaches about character qualities we need to work on and embrace in Jesus’s strength within ourselves and within our BODY of CHRIST JESUS, here at Westwood. 

On my knees, Kathy