When we come to Christ for salvation, our desire to sin
wanes over the next few weeks and months. In some people, it disappears
completely right away. Others have sins that easily overcome their resolve to
live a holy life; and it takes them longer to surrender those desires to the
sanctifying work of God’s Spirit.
Eventually, we come to a place of total surrendered to
God’s will. We are so tired of reaping the consequences of our decisions that
we decide to trust God instead. We struggle to learn to pray, thinking we must
use a specific formula, not knowing we can converse with Him as we do our best
friend.
We gradually learn that Father God really does know best
and that He has our best interest in His heart and will for our life (Jeremiah
29:11). Gradually, our thoughts turn more toward eternal, spiritual matters
than to carnal, earthly issues. We view our problems from God’s perspective. We
live to please Him rather than our self or someone else.
God’s everlasting arms and eternal grace lift us ever
higher above the negative issues of life. Even in the most horrendous
circumstances, we maintain a positive attitude and outlook by faith in Him. His
thoughts become our thoughts and we perceive the issues of life from a Biblical
worldview.
We abide in Christ and walk in the Spirit (Galatians
5:16-25; Colossians 2:6), living according to the grace of God. We see His
merciful hand in every area of our life. Our fears and doubts gradually subside
and we adopt more and more of the mind and faith of Christ as our own
(Galatians 2:20; 1 Corinthians 2:16).
Prayer:
Father God, as joint heirs with Christ, we inherit all
things that You prepared for us before the world ever began. You provided Adam
and Eve with Paradise and wanted them to enjoy the blessings there forever.
However, their pride and self-will fell to Satan’s temptations and they lost
Paradise for us all. Thank You that Jesus died to redeem us and to restore to
us everything Satan stole from Adam and Eve.
Thought for the Day:
No issue in life is really our problem to solve; it is
merely an opportunity for God to prove His miraculous love for us.
