God loves us and shows Himself to us (John 14:21). He
calls us through the gospel to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (2
Thessalonians 2:14), and claims us as His children (Ephesians 1:4-5).
God is the Father of spirits (Hebrews 12:9). He
created us in His own likeness with a triune nature - our spirit, soul and body
(Genesis 1:27; Hebrews 12:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23). His Spirit transforms us
with the divine nature of Christ.
We are born of the first Adam from the dust of the
earth, but also Born Again of the second Adam, Jesus, by the Spirit of God (1
Corinthians 15:45). God created us as physical human beings, but He also gave
us a soul - thoughts, feelings and choices - and a spirit.
God made Jesus the firstborn among many adopted
brethren (Romans 8:29; Ephesians 1:5). He gives us exceedingly great and
precious promises of salvation, so that we might be partakers of Christ’s
divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).
He sanctifies our soul throughout our lifetime,
until we are holy and without sin in His sight. His rich grace abounds in our
life, and He gives us His wisdom to deal with every issue we face (2
Corinthians 9:8).
God wants to fill us through all of our being with
all of His fullness, so that we may obtain the richest portion of His presence
in our life (Ephesians 3:16-19; 4:13).
As we contemplate the Lord’s glory, we are
transformed into His likeness with an ever-increasing resemblance to Christ (2
Corinthians 3:18; Romans 12:2). Jesus is equal to God, and He lives in us,
sharing His divine nature with us (John 5:18).
We have the same potential, which Jesus did, of
becoming spiritual beings, because Christ in us is Spirit. When we crucify the deeds of our flesh, walk in the Spirit and pray
without ceasing, we make a difference for the Kingdom of God.
Prayer:
Father God, by Your glorious grace we gradually
walk into the divine nature of Christ in us, and we walk away from the
corruption in this world (1 Peter 2:2-4). We are growing in our understanding
of the amazing magnitude of Your power available to all authentic Believers. It
is the same dynamite power that resurrected Christ from the grave and returned
Him to His glory in Heaven (Ephesians 1:19-20).
Thank You that He fills us with this life and
supplies us with everything we need to function in unity with You and to
accomplish Your will for us in the earth (Ephesians 1:23). Enable the world to
see that You sent Jesus on their behalf, by making our life a living testimony
to them (John 17:21-23).
Thought for the Day:
Eternal life is not some future event that we will
experience some day; it occurs within us, as we come to intimately know Jesus,
and our God who sent Him. - John 17:3
