As Born Again Believers we
come boldly to the throne of God to receive His grace in our time of need (1 Peter
1:23; Hebrews 4:16). We have a high
priest who represents our case to Almighty God on our behalf. We have no need
to route our prayers through Mary, man-made saints or anyone else, because all
Believers have direct access to the throne of God through Christ. The work of
Christ on the cross marries the attributes of justice and mercy into grace,
which overlooks the consequences of our humanity and sees us as righteous in
the divinity of Christ.
The Kingdom of God dwells
within us and we fully inherit the divine nature of Christ, which brings us
closer to perfection each day (Luke 17:20-21; John 6:36; 2 Peter 1:3-4). We walk away from sin, and we see God manifest
Himself in, through and instead of us in our life (Matthew
5:48; Hebrews 12:14). True joy is ours
because purity and righteousness fill our soul. There is no need for us to feel
the slightest bit of anxiety about anything life throws at us, because through
prayer, we let God know all of our requests, and He cares for us (Philippians
4:6; 1 Peter 5:7).
Enoch walked with God for
three hundred years after he became a daddy at age 65 (Genesis
5:22-24). Noah also walked with God (Genesis
6:9). They did not merely know God or
know about God, they actually walked with God. They did not simply work for God
or witness for God, they truly walked with God. We are conformed in our
thoughts, words and actions from this temporal earthly world to the Heavenly,
eternal realm just like Jesus, Enoch, Noah, Elijah, David and the rest of the
Saints who pleased God and lived intimately with God by His Spirit (Hebrews
11:5).
In the will of God, Jesus
suffered in the flesh on the cross to free us from our sins (1 Peter
4:1-2). Now we walk in that freedom
moment by moment throughout the day. We put Jesus and His will as our priority
and we enter into the rest of God as He does the work of the Kingdom of God in, through and instead of us (Acts 14:22). God’s
Holy Spirit purges our mind from dead works so we can serve our living Lord (1
Thessalonians 2:10-13; Hebrews 9:13-14; Luke 1:72-75). We are able to have the mind of Christ, which
allows us to talk and walk with God, because His Son lives within us (1
Corinthians 2:16; 1 John 2:6).
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, You work in the
life of Your glorious church until You can present us as Your spotless bride,
holy and without blemish before God (Ephesians 5:27). Through You we live a sinless life in this body by
walking in Your Spirit (Heb 12:5-11).
Every person who has our hope in You, allows You to purify us even as You are
pure (1 John 3:2-3). We live in You
and You live in us, so that we no longer pursue fleshly lusts, but we walk in
Your Spirit each moment of the day (Romans 8:1; 1 John 2:28;
Colossians 1:27; Galatians 5:16,25).
Thought for the Day:
God calls us to live up to
the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ moment by moment
throughout the day. – Ephesians 4:13