In our growth into Christ, we acknowledge that we
are indeed crucified with Christ, we are dead and our new resurrection life is
hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3-4).
We are raised from spiritual death with Christ, and
we set our mind on the eternal aspects of life. We feast on His Word until it
dwells in us richly. The cares of this life fade away and we abide in His
unlimited rest, peace and joy.
We live by the faith of the Son of God through every
new adventure He devises for us (Galatians 2:20). Even in secular employment
and activities, we do all in the name of Jesus (1 Corinthians 10:31).
As we seek first His Kingdom, He provides us with
everything we need to fulfill His purpose with our life (Matthew 6:33). Christ
in us is greater than Satan and all of his demons (1 John 4:4).
God's Spirit gives us the mind of Christ (1
Corinthians 2:16), and helps us to take our carnal thoughts captive and make
them obedient to Him (2 Corinthians 10:5).
We understand the things of God by His Spirit, having
His discernment in every area of life (1 Corinthians 2:5-15). We do not have to
strive and strain to die daily to our flesh.
We simply fully embrace the truth that Christ lives
in us and wants to live through us. We are raised with
Christ in newness of life and we will appear with Christ in glory at the end of
this age (Romans 6:4,8,10).
These facts have practical relevance to our walk in
Christ each day on this earth. They give us hope, faith and the power to walk
in the Spirit, to pray without ceasing and to love God with our whole heart.
Prayer:
Father God, through Christ in us, we minister to one
another and to the world around us (Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:1-16;
Ephesians 2:5-6). Enable us to set our
affection on eternal matters and not to worry about or stress over the issues
in this life. You gave us citizenship in Heaven with You now (Philippians
3:20).
Remind us that we have no meaningful life apart from
Christ in us. Help us to adopt His purpose to seek and to save the lost; His
perspective of doing Your will; and His practice of prayer, humility and
obedience (Luke 5:16, 19:10; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 5:8).
Thought for the Day:
Since we are fully human, we often feel like we are
fighting life, the world and Satan all alone; but if we remember that Christ in
us is fully divine with all the power of the triune God, then we can step aside
and allow Jesus to deal with any situation that is troubling us.
