As we trust in God alone, He
establishes our path and provides us with the resources we need to walk in His
victory. Were He leads, we follow. We keep our spirit in tune with Christ in
us, and our soul – our mind, choices and emotions – led by His Spirit (Romans 13:14). We submit
to God, resist the devil and he must flee from us (James 4:7). Even if Satan uses pain and
suffering to sidetrack us, we firmly stand on the faith of the Son of God who
loves us and gave Himself for us (Galatians
2:20). We rest, as God restores or replaces
everything that Satan tried to steal from us.
We find our rest in Christ
during every time of trouble. As we abide in Him, He is our portion forever (Psalm 73:26). We learn
from Him as we draw closer to Him. Once the current, negative circumstance is
over, we find our roots clinging more firmly to Him. Even during prosperity, He
remains the center of our focus and the joy of our soul. We walk by faith in
God’s faithfulness, and He joys over us with singing (Zephaniah 3:17). The abundance and gentleness
of His love is more real to us with each passing day.
The power and the draw of the
world, the flesh and the devil decreases as we are transformed into the
likeness of Christ by the Spirit of God (2
Corinthians 3:18). Our rebellion,
self-centeredness and love for this world diminish as we abide in Him and He
abides in us (John 15:4). As we partake in His holiness, our union with Him
deepens, His comfort fills our soul and His joy is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10). As
God’s Spirit removes the carnality in our flesh, He fills us instead with His
fruit, which is the nature of God (Galatians
5:22-23).
His compassion in us allows us
to comfort othes with the same comfort He provides for us (2 Corinthians 1:3). His love fills our soul and
our cup runs over with agape love for our everyone we meet (Psalm 23:5). We lose
our self in Him and care more for His Kingdom and righteousness than we do for
the pursuits of this world. When we see adversity approaching, we hide under
the shelter of His wings and we abide in Him moment by moment (Psalm 91:1). This
pruning results in more fruitfulness in our life, all for His glory (John 15:5,8).
Prayer:
Father God, daily we come
closer to the point of finding our satisfaction totally in You and our heart in
deeper harmony with Your purpose for our life. We enter times of aloneness to
become all-one with You. We find our comfort in You, rather than in any person,
place or thing. You are our all sufficiency (2 Corinthians 12:9). We bear the
fruit of Your Spirit to edify and nourish Your Body and all those in our world
that You bring our way.
Thought for the
Day:
Jesus is the tree of life and we are His
branches.
