God
orchestrates the losses, broken heart, difficult trials, and painful
tribulation in our life to bring us to the place of total surrender to His love
and our perfect submission to His will.
The
quicker we come to the place of complete compliance to His will, the fewer
negative aspects enter our life.
The less we trust in and cherish the temporal
aspects of this life, the fewer losses we experience.
The more
intimate we grow in our union with Christ, the less we experience the negative effects
of trauma.
We are not devastated by our losses, because nothing can separate us
from God's love (Romans 8:35-39). We will
not lose Christ, and He is all we really need.
We are complete in Him
(Colossians 2:10). We have all wisdom, right standing with God, holiness and
redemption in Christ (1 Corinthians 1:30).
His grace
is sufficient to uphold us in any tragedy or insufficiency, which we face in
this world (2 Corinthians 12:9). In Christ, we have every spiritual blessing,
which heaven has to offer us (Ephesians 1:3).
God perfects
us and sanctifies us in Christ (Hebrews 10:14). Jesus is not an option to add
to our life; He is our whole life (Colossians 3:4).
He is our peace, and He demolishes every wall, which stands in our way (Ephesians 2:14). Jesus is
our treasure hidden within us; our pearl of great price; our coin, which was
lost, but now is found (Matthew 13:45-46; Luke 15:8-10; 2 Corinthians 4:7).
Jesus is our all in all (Ephesians 4:6). He contains all the fullness of the Trinity (Colossians 2:9), and He triumphed over
our enemies through His death (Colossians 2:15).
He gives us victory through
His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:55). Jesus is all we need (2 Peter 1:3-4).
Prayer:
Father
God, thank You that through Christ we have redemption through His blood and
forgiveness for our sins. He is Your actual image and through Him everything
was created and is under His authority. He is our all sufficiency (Colossians
1:13-16).
Remind us
that the philosophy of man and the cares of this world are nothing when
compared to the majesty of Christ on high. We give Him all of our praise and
the glory for everything we ever accomplish through Your Spirit.
Thought
for the Day:
Through
Christ we find our right standing with God and enter a spiritual life, which
never ends.
