We usually feel pride about all of our
accomplishments during our lifetime, until we realize that it is God who always
gave us these victories. Even as a non-Believer, our success came from God (1
Corinthians 1:31).
As a Born Again Believer our body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost (1 Corinthians 6:19). When God moves in and dwells within us, we
reflect His glory, which resides within us, to the world around us (2
Corinthians 3:18).
He created us for His glory, not for our own goals
and plans (Ephesians 2:20). Everything we do, even if it is as simple as what
we eat and drink, is all done for the glory of God (Isaiah 43:7; 1 Corinthians
10:31).
We do not need to worry or stress over how to hear
His voice and to walk in His ways. We simple pray and then sit quietly and wait
on Him. He will direct us as we remain open to His peace within us.
By His death on the cross, Jesus demolished our
need to strive to be good. He is the radiance of God’s glory and God’s exact
representation (Hebrews 1:3). We actually died with Christ and our life is now
hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3; Galatians 2:20).
Our hope in this life and in eternity is in the
glory of the Lord within us (Romans 5:2). When Christ, who is our life, appears to set up His
Kingdom on the earth, then we also will appear with Him as His glorious Army of
Saints (Colossians 3:4; Revelation 19:14).
Once we totally surrender our life to God through
faith in and obedience to Jesus Christ, He guides us and fills us with the
fruit of His Spirit. As love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
meekness, self-control and faith permeate our personality, the glory of God is
manifested through us (Galatians 5:22-23).
Prayer:
Father God, until Your sanctifying process does its
perfect work in us, we all slip out of the Spirit and into the flesh from time
to time, especially if we try to live the Christian life in our own strength. Remind us that we can do nothing
to create these conditions in our life. If we try, there is a danger that
people will label us as a hypocrite, because our flesh and spirit war against
one another (Galatians 5:15-25).
However, as we live in unity with You, and enter
into Your rest, Your glory is manifested in us and through us (Isaiah 60:1;
Luke 10:27; Acts 1:8). Daily, we grow more like Christ by the transforming work of Your Spirit's power
within us (Romans 8:30). Therefore, Your glory grows more radiant in us as
well. We give You all of the praise, glory and honor, and we live in gratitude
to You all of our days.
Thought for the Day:
We humans fall prey to delusion and we often seek false
gods; we veer off the straight and narrow road and join the masses on the wide
road to destruction. The only remedy for this is to enter into God’s rest by
humbly repenting of our sins and accepting Christ's sacrifice as our own. -
John 3:16-18
