God dwells in His children by the new birth we
receive from Christ through Salvation (John 1:12). He rejoices as we grow in
the knowledge of our salvation (1 John 3:2), but He waits for our realization
that we are also the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19).
Once we begin to submit to the Spirit for
sanctification of our flesh, then He teaches us about the divinity of Christ,
which dwells within us (Galatians 2:20).
We are not separate from Christ, obeying Him in our
own power. He permanently dwells in us and expresses Himself through us
(Colossians 3:3).
We are children of His death, but we are also
children of His resurrection (Luke 20:36). We are transformed into Christ’s
image in ever-increasing increments of glory, which come from the Lord’s
Spirit.
Then, as unveiled mirrors, we reflect to the world
the glory of the Lord within us (2 Corinthians 3:18). In our daily life, as His
Spirit molds us into His image, we experience and express all of the attributes
of God because He is within us (Romans 8:29).
Jesus gives us the glory that God gave Him, so that
we are one with our triune God, just as they are one (John 17:22). If we do not
recognize this divine power within us, then we will never live up to our full
potential as Christians.
Jesus’ sacrifice enables us to share in His divine
nature and to escape the corruption in the world caused by evil human desires
(2 Peter 1:4).
As we mature, we attain to the whole measure of the
fullness of Christ who dwells within us (Ephesians 3:16-19). We put on our new
self, shaped by the Spirit to be like God, with all of His virtues and holiness
within us (Ephesians 4:13,24).
Prayer:
Father God, we often limit our understanding of
life to what we perceive through our five senses. We also rely heavily only on
what our human mind envisions. We ignore the supernatural and the eternal
aspects of Christ within us.
Therefore, we hinder the expression of Your power
in and through us. Remind us that You impart Your Spirit to us in order to
allow the glorious nature of Christ in us the freedom of expression through us
(Colossians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 12:27).
Thought for the Day:
With Christ in us, it does not matter where we
live, with whom we live or even if we live alone; Christ’s presence within us
rises above the limitations of this earthly realm and our circumstances in it.
