There is no relationship available in
this life that is more precious and fulfilling than our union with Creator God.
We abide in Christ, and He abides in us (John 15:4). We can live in abiding fellowship with Christ every moment of our life. We are
much too occupied with busy work, which Satan supplies for us to do. Much of it
is religious too, and we get sidetracked into thinking we are working for the
Lord.
We are actually
producing more human flesh, the stench of which makes God sick to His stomach (Revelation 3:16-18). We
all have to earn a living in this world, but we can do our job by the power of
God’s Spirit. This occurs as we submit each moment to God and listen to Him as
He directs our steps (Proverbs 3:5-6). Our soul clings to Jesus and rests in Him all day
and night, even as we sleep.
Heaven’s Joy
lives in and through us. The goal is for us to bypass our brain and our natural
inclinations in our soul, and to function instead from our inner life in our
spirit where we abide with Christ. Close, personal contact with Christ is a
necessity for authentic Christians. Once we connect with the Spirit of God, His
fruit flows through our life. We have close fellowship with Christ through the
Spirit.
A life of
absolute surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the leadership of His
Holy Spirit is one of abiding love, joy and peace. God can do with us as He
pleases...to sit us on a shelf, to use us at His banqueting table, to put us in
the darkest mood or the foulest disease, or to send us to the far reaches of
the world or right here at home.
No matter where
we are, we are never alone. Christ lives in us and loves to hang out and enjoy
our undistracted fellowship; and, sometimes, even our companionable silence. We
not only set aside time each day to pray, but we pray without ceasing in unbroken
communion with Him each moment of the day about everything that we are thinking
and doing.
Prayer:
Father God,
just as Jesus gave His life and death entirely to You, we desire to follow in
His footsteps. We completely and absolutely surrender to Your will and we seek
Your pleasure above all else. Our greatest joy is to live entirely for You. We
have no will or interest apart from Your will for us. Lord, bring everything in
our life in complete harmony with the Blessed Vine of Christ.
Thought for the
Day:
Live in total
consecration to the will of God for your life.
– Ephesians 2:10
