Jesus became sin for us and hung as a criminal on the
cross in our place. After His resurrection, He walked the earth for 40 days,
appearing to people and ministering to them. These eyewitnesses give us
infallible proof of His resurrection. He was the first born of God’s children
to come back from the grave and He now has total supremacy over the all things (Colossians 1:18).
For His entire life on earth, Jesus surrendered His will
to God’s and He calls us to do the same thing. His resurrection power works in
us, giving us the ability to do His will (Philippians 2:12-13). We relate to Jesus
death through the death of our carnality and by our baptism into His life (Colossians 2:12, Galatians
2:20). We have perfect fellowship with our Heavenly Father, just like
Jesus did (1 John 1:3).
God rewarded Jesus’ faithfulness with the glories of
Heaven. Jesus demonstrated to us that when we give up our life for God, we gain
the splendor of Heaven as well. We walk in the victory of God’s Spirit in our
spirit, victory over sin in our soul and victory over death in our immortal
bodies (1 Corinthians
15:53-54). Jesus lives out His life in us by God’s Spirit, who abides in
us and leads us each moment of our day.
We receive Christ’s divine nature as we total surrender to
and obey God’s will for our life. We are holy vessels, set apart for God’s
service. We renounce all worldliness, rebellion and apathy as we admit our
helplessness without Him, live in dependence on Him and accept our significance
in Him. God’s Spirit works the holiness of Christ in us and gives us His life
and anointing.
Prayer:
Father God, as our flesh dies with Christ, our spirit
rises up to walk in a new life in Him (Romans 6:4). Like the three Hebrew children taken into slavery,
we refuse to partake in the sin of this life. We keep our self holy and pure by
fleeing from temptation and submitting to Your Spirit each day. Help us to live
a life of responsibility, forgiveness and wisdom like Joseph did. We wait in
breathless anticipation for our new adventure in Christ to unfold with each new
day.
Thought for the Day:
Everyone in Egypt saw the hand of the Lord on Joseph’s
life, because the Lord was with Him as He is with and in each of us. – Genesis
39:2
