Dr. Melvin writes:
The mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints…which is Christ in you, the hope of glory – Col. 1:26-27. Infusion will take some explaining because it’s a new name for the great event of Christ coming into the Believer…like he came into the world.
Since naming is the first step in understanding, it’s imperative to know that infusion is the act of introducing one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. An example is yeast in bread, it permeates the entire loaf. The Infusion of Christ in you permeates every part of you: body, mind, heart, and spirit—Here I am! I stand at the door [of your heart] and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me – Rev. 3:20.
Infusion is really another incarnation—as God is in Christ, Christ is in you, really in you. Jesus makes this clear in his prayer to the Father—I in them and you in me….That the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them – John 17:23, 26.
The purpose of this revelation is so you can live incarnationally, i.e. activating Jesus’ love and power for your daily challenges and your PACEing ministry. As yeast makes bread delectable, Jesus will make your life and ministry successful.
Paul attributed his relentless passion for his ministry to the infusion event in his life. After writing to the Colossians about “Christ in you,” he wrote, To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me. I pray for you, that God will lead you to access the same energy and power in your ministry.
