We Christians tend to compartmentalize our life into work,
family, play, and lastly we worship, if we have time and we are not too tired.
If we view God on the throne in heaven, it is easier to compromise our thoughts
and behavior.
However, the reality of the Christian life is that Christ lives within us. If we partake in some activity that would grieve the Lord, we cannot separate our self from Him to experience it.
He must endure our most sinful acts with us. We drag Him right down into the pit of degradation. That puts a whole new perspective on our activities.
However, the reality of the Christian life is that Christ lives within us. If we partake in some activity that would grieve the Lord, we cannot separate our self from Him to experience it.
He must endure our most sinful acts with us. We drag Him right down into the pit of degradation. That puts a whole new perspective on our activities.
We inherited our penchant for sin from our first father,
Adam (1 Corinthians 15:35-48). However, the new Adam, Jesus
Christ, frees us from these base and self-defeating tendencies. The husbandman
of our garden prunes our life until we express the nature of Christ through the
fruit of His Spirit (John 15:1; Galatians 5:22-23).
Gradually, we express nothing but His character. We abide in Christ and He abides in us and produces His holiness in us (Hebrews 12:14).
Gradually, we express nothing but His character. We abide in Christ and He abides in us and produces His holiness in us (Hebrews 12:14).
With a dual mindset, which separates the human and
spiritual life, we walk alone through life’s disasters, which claim our
attention, time and energy.
Once we recognize our union with Christ, however, we experience them all through the power and wisdom of God. Focusing more on spiritual matters requires that we trim down our hectic schedule and our accumulation of things.
We start to withdraw from any activity or contemplation that would grieve His heart. His Spirit provides for and directs us in the midst of whatever calamity comes our way.
Once we recognize our union with Christ, however, we experience them all through the power and wisdom of God. Focusing more on spiritual matters requires that we trim down our hectic schedule and our accumulation of things.
We start to withdraw from any activity or contemplation that would grieve His heart. His Spirit provides for and directs us in the midst of whatever calamity comes our way.
God equips us with His wisdom and ability to perform the
work, which He created for us to do before the beginning of time (Ephesians
2:8-10).
He intends for our entire life to be lived as a form of worship to Him. Paul exhorts us to do even the most mundane things, such as eating and drinking, for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).
We do not withdraw from life in order to worship Him, because worship is our life. Our whole life is lived in devotion to God. We live our life as a praise to His name. We forsake sin and worship Christ in us.
He intends for our entire life to be lived as a form of worship to Him. Paul exhorts us to do even the most mundane things, such as eating and drinking, for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).
We do not withdraw from life in order to worship Him, because worship is our life. Our whole life is lived in devotion to God. We live our life as a praise to His name. We forsake sin and worship Christ in us.
Prayer:
Father God, we thank You for Your complete work in our life
(Ephesians
1:14, 4:30; Romans 8:21-23). Christ is both our redemption and our
sanctification. We are complete in Him (Colossians 2:10). Through
Christ in us we experience, even now in this earthly realm, all the power and
glory of the spiritual realm. Christ, who is our life, sits on His throne in
glory, so that we may now experience the earnest of our inheritance of things
to come. Remind us to perform our duties in life as an act of worship to Christ in us, no matter how mundane they are, how much we dislike them or how time consuming they tend to get.
Thought for the Day:
When Christ faced Golgotha, He cried out to God for
deliverance; but He faced the cross, triumphed over sin and death, and we now
reign with Him in glory. 