Jesus is a perfect example for us of the fact that
Authentic Christians never die; we just pass from life on this earth,
immediately through death’s door into the heavenly realm (1 John
3:14). Jesus now lives as our High Priest, our Melchizedek, making
intercession for us to our Father (Hebrews 5:10-14, 7:25). Yet, He
continues to perform His work on the earth through His Saints in which He
resides (Colossians 1:27).
His life has the divine power of the Trinity, and He
resides within us with this same dynamite power (Colossians 2:9). We are
His Priests, His Body, His Saints and His anointed ones who abide in Him at the
same time that He abides in us (John 15:4). He offers us an endless,
unchanging life, which supplies us with all of our needs as we abide in His
love (John 15:10). No matter what circumstances we traverse, we live
in His abundant peace, joy and righteousness (Romans 14:17).
If we feel that peace slipping away, it is because we took
our focus off of Him and put it on the circumstance around us (Isaiah
26:3). The events of our life occur simply in order to bring us
to perfection and to enable us to effect the world around us. While we abide in
Him there is no sin or temptation that can lure us away from walking in His
righteousness (Romans 16:18). Our union with Christ brings us
the unlimited blessings of His glory within us.
In His life, He triumphed over sin, and He wants to bring
us into this same level of victory over those sins, which so easily overwhelm
us (Hebrews 12:1). His holiness in us is greater than any evil in
this world (1 John 4:4). Victory and deliverance are ours
because He lives within us. Our walk is perfected as we seek our Father’s will
in each moment of our day. His life flows through us to make a difference in
the world around us.
We are to occupy the earth until He comes again as He
receives us to Himself (Luke 19:13). He is our joy and our peace (Romans
15:13). He supplies everything we need in order to carry out His
will for our life (Philippians 4:19). He alone is our strength and
our song (Psalm 118:14). He is the source of our hope (Jeremiah
29:11). We watch and wait for His coming, to receive His bride to
Himself for eternity (Matthew 25:1-13). Until then, we walk on this
earth in the power of His might within us (Ephesians 6:10-12).
Prayer:
Father God, our life is hidden with Christ in You, and
Jesus is our very reason for living (Colossians 3:3-4). We
trust in You for every aspect of our life. With faith and certain anticipation,
we rely on You and yield our self totally to You. We abandon our self-life and
live as an act of worship to You. We live by faith in Your faithfulness as we
yield to Your will for us. We glory in Your Word of Truth. We look forward to
spending each moment of our day with You, and to the culmination of our
relationship by serving You in eternity as well.
Thought for the Day:
We enter God rest by totally abandoning our self to His
keeping and reveling in knowing Him, which is eternal life. – John 17:3