In this life, we often struggle
with victory and are overcome by negative circumstances and trials. We focus on
the negative aspects and surrender to Satan's lies, ending in depression and
defeat. We cannot allow the devil to win victories in our life.
If we consciously embrace the
fact that we are blood-bought children of God, we get a glimpse of what it
means to live in abundance in body, soul and spirit. We find this life of
freedom only through total submission to Christ in God.
God is our Father and He made
Jesus our all, who is above all - even the angels - and lives in every
authentic Believer. He also lives through us as we totally surrender our plans,
goals and desires to Him.
Jesus and our Father are one
(John 10:30); and in Christ we too are one with Jesus and our Father God (John
17:21), led by the Holy Spirit and fulfilled in both this life and the next
(Galatians 5:15-25). We no longer live, but Christ lives in and
through us (Galatians 2:20).
Jesus came to live, suffer and
die so that we might have abundant, victorious life on earth and for eternity
(John 10:10). We are born of the flesh and are hindered by the flesh, but as
authentic Believers we are also born of the Spirit (John 3:6).
We cannot see the wind, but we
can see the effects of the wind. In this same way, we cannot see the Trinity at
this time, but we can see and feel the effects of their presence within us and
as they use us to further God's Kingdom on this earth (John 3:8).
Jesus made the point with the
rich, young ruler that no one is good regardless of how closely we keep the
precepts of the law. Jesus even told the young man that only God is good. Only as we recognize God's
presence in us can we accomplish anything for the glory of God (Luke 18:19).
Prayer:
Father God, You call all of us
who are weary and heavily burdened to come to You to find rest - not as this
world gives, but only as You supernaturally give us in abundant supply. As we
share Your yoke, we learn from You and You shoulder and take the burden of our
load of worries and cares and give us Your light and easy yoke in its place
(Matthew 11:28-30).
You are our God of peace and you
wholly sanctify us as we totally surrender our life and our burdens to You. We
live a victorious life of abundance in You. You preserve our spirit, body and
soul - our thoughts, choices and feelings - and make us blameless when we stand
before You at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:23).
Thought for the Day:
God is faithful, and He calls us
to Himself and provides us with eternal salvation for our entire body, soul and
spirit now and throughout eternity. - 1 Thessalonians 5:24
