God
gives us His salvation, so that we might share in His divine nature (2 Peter
1:4). Before we came to Christ, our spirit was dead in our sins, but Jesus
delivered us from eternal damnation in hell (Ephesians 2:5).
He
provides pardon for our sins, comfort in our affliction, strength to overcome
adversity, the promise of a glorious resurrection, and life everlasting with
Christ and all of the Saints.
Jesus
spoke the words of God so that we can obey them and believe that God sent Him
(John 17:8). When we choose to love Christ and to keep His statutes, He comes
to make His home in us (John 14:23).
In
our union with Jesus, we live in His divine nature and His divine nature lives
in and through us (2 Peter 1:4). Since Christ dwells in our spirit, we become
one Spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17).
Through
His divine power, God gave us everything we need to live a godly life (2 Peter
1:3). Although we live physically in this earthly realm, the reality of our
life is that we live in the Kingdom of God (Luke 17:21).
We
no longer view our life from a temporal standpoint, but from an eternal
perspective. We live as partakers of Christ’s holiness as He puts His mind
within us (Hebrews 12:10; 1 Corinthians 2:16).
The
Father is in Jesus, Jesus is in the Father and we are in Jesus; therefore we
are also in union with the Father (John 14:20-23, 17:21-23). The best part
about life is that God loves us and shows Himself to us (John 14:21).
Prayer:
Father
God, our attitudes about life and eternity change once we come to Christ in
salvation. You created our new self to exist with the purity and holiness of
Christ (Ephesians 4:23-24). Each day we come a little closer to complete unity
in the faith and in our knowledge of Jesus, which will also eventually bring us
to the full stature of the maturity of Christ in us (Ephesians 4:13).
Because
of Your promises, we look forward to Your new heaven and new earth where
righteousness dwells forever (2 Peter 3:13). We long for the day when there is
no more sighing or suffering, where complete unity occurs between nature and
mankind, and where Your Body is ready, willing and able to serve You.
Thought
for the Day:
Just
as Jesus was fully human with God’s divine nature fully abiding in and through
Him, we are fully human with Christ’s divine nature fully abiding in and
through us.
