Once we come to Christ in Salvation, we never need to search for significance again. He dwells within us. We are one with Him and with the Father (John 17:21). It is an indestructible union that neither principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, nor anything else in all creation can demolish (Romans 8:39; Ephesians 6:12). We have more intimacy and oneness with God than is possible with any human relationship, because Jesus dwells within us by His Spirit (Romans 8:9).
Christ’s
presence transcends feelings and human reasoning. He is there whether we “feel”
Him or not. Jesus lives in us and through us. Our relationship is a union in
which the more we decrease, the greater He increases in us to the glory of God
the Father (John 3:30; Philippians 2:11). We are the manifestation of His
Body in the world today. His supernatural abilities reside within us by His
Spirit. We are able to do whatever He calls us to do, no matter how impossible
the task appears (John 14:13-14).
We do
not strive to become like Christ; we simply surrender to Him. Then He uses His
power and authority through our life. We will do greater works than He did,
because He lives within us (John 14:12). Keeping Biblical mandates and the Law does not keep us from sinning. The
opposite is actually true. Our failure to keep the law makes us more aware of
our sinfulness and failings. The power of sin is in the Law (1
Corinthians 15:56; Romans 3:19-20). God
gave us the Law in order to point us to Christ (Galatians 3:23-25). When we slip into sin, we have an advocate with the
Father (1 John 2:1).
We are so united in our
intimate relationship with God, through Christ by the Spirit, that sin is the
only thing that can bring a division between us. Yet, once we repent of our
transgression, God is quick to restore our union with Him again (1 John
1:9). This union brings us liberation
from sin and the world. Sin has no power over authentic Believers, because
Jesus, who has the power over sin and death, lives within us (Romans 8:2-4).
Now we live under grace (Romans 6:14).
God made Jesus, who never sinned, to be sin for us. Now we are the
righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 1:9).
God is not a personality
that lives way up on a throne in Heaven. Christ dwells within us (Colossian
3:3). Once we realize the overpowering
truth of this statement, our whole attitude about life changes. Nothing in life
happens to us alone. It also affects the triune God living within us. God use
these circumstances for His purposes: to perfect our life and to further His
Kingdom in the earth. Once we get fed up with trying to keep the law and completely
surrender our life to Christ, God rejoices. He wants us to live our life with
our focus on Christ, not on our self.
We simply need to ask God to
reveal His will and purpose to us in the situation we are in right now. We ask
Him what He wants us to do and say. Then we listen and follow the leading of
His Spirit within us. We find more purpose and meaning in life with this
mindset. Nothing happens by chance, but by God’s design and for His reasons.
Christ is all and is in all (Colossians 3:11). God created everything through Christ and nothing was created except
through Him (John 1:3). We are
complete in Him (Colossians 2:10).
Our burdens are lighter, because we have taken His yoke upon us (Matthew
11:28-30). When we are weak, then we are
strong in Him (2 Corinthians 12:10).
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, if we think of
our self as separate from You, then we feel the need to carry our burdens
alone. The only reason we would have to be upset about our circumstances is if
we forget that we are not helpless in them. They are also happening to You
within us. You are a permanent resident within our spirit. We are one with You.
Once we realize that You want to reveal Yourself in us and through us, then we
will never walk alone again (Galatians 1:15-16).
Thought for the Day:
There is no spiritual life
in us apart from Christ in us, our hope of glory. – Colossians 1:27
