If we draw near to God, He will draw near to
us (James 4:8). Whoever lives and believes in Christ shall never die (John
11:26). Our last breath on earth is followed by our next breath in Heaven. We
will live on eternally.
The extent to which we surrender our lives to God
determines the degree to which He will use our life on this earth. There is no
place for double mindedness, compromise with sin or half-hearted devotion (Luke
9:62).
A committed and separated life to Christ, who lives
within us, demands that we live an estranged life from this world (Romans
14:7-8). Christ is the center of our focus and our pre-eminent Love (Revelation
2:4).
We pant after Him with a parched thirst, yield our goals
for our life to the will of God, and relinquish our selfish desires to God's
transforming power (Psalm 42:1-2).
Even in negative circumstances, He promises to
prosper us, not to allow anything to harm us as He cares for us, and to give us
hope for our future (Jeremiah 29:11).
As we submit to God and resist the devil, we walk
in freedom from Satan’s influence in our life (James 4:7). We transfer the
ownership of our life to God and we live as good stewards of all He created.
Giving up our human rights, we exchange them for
His privileges. We swap our character traits, which hold us back from success,
for the victory we find in a life hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3).
God gives us the divine nature of Christ with all
the fruit of His Spirit (1 Peter2:4; Galatians 5:22-23). We come to like our
self much more in this transformed state than we did in our carnal state. We
dedicate all of our days to His service.
Prayer:
Father God, as we repent of our sins and seek You,
we have your peace and favor surrounding us (Job 22:21). Abandoning our life
for Your sake, we live in obedience to You, just as Jesus did. We live, move
and have our being in You (Acts 17:28).
Give us this day our daily bread, forgive our
trespasses against Your will, and help us to forgive those who wound us. We
give You all the power and glory and honor due to Your name and we commit to serve
in Your Kingdom every moment of every day (1 Corinthians 10:31).
Thought for the Day:
God calls us to be holy in Him, and to be separated
to God in this life and the next. - Psalm 4:3
