The Good News of the gospel of Christ is that
authentic Believers died with Jesus and are hidden with Him in God (Colossians
3:3-4). He is our life and we are the sheep of His pasture (Psalm 100:3).
The more we recognize our union with Christ, the
deeper our intimacy with Him grows. Our interest in the affairs, pursuits and
pleasures of this world diminish as we put on the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians
2:16).
The mind of Christ infuses our thoughts, desires,
motives and actions. We come to the place, like Jesus did, that we speak and
act only what we hear and see from our Heavenly Father (John 5:19).
The fruit of God's Spirit transforms our fleshly
nature (Galatians 5:22-23). We enthusiastically submit our free will to the
will of God for our life – our human will submits to His divine will.
We know without a doubt that the will of God is more perfectly intended for our
good than our human will could ever hope to provide for us.
God knows the end from the beginning.
His judgment is flawless. He infuses our body, spirit and soul – our mind, will
and emotions - with the power of His Holy Spirit.
The only hindrance to this
transformation comes when we allow our humanity to overpower the Spirit of
Christ within us. Our only hope is to totally immersing our self in the divine
nature of God though Christ within us.
Prayer:
Father God, our identity as a human being is dead.
Our unique personality is only alive through Christ who wants to live His life
through each one of us individually (Galatians 2:20). Teach us that the way to
walk out this union with Christ is to live, move and have our being only and
fully in Him (Acts 17:28).
We follow the leading of Your Holy Spirit moment by
moment throughout our day; and You make us lights in this world, a city on a
hill. Help us not to do anything that diminishes Your light in us (Matthew
5:14). We live to praise, honor and obey You. You make a huge difference in our
life. Thank You for making us life changers.
Thought for the Day:
As we live in Christ and allow Him to love us and to love others through us, He makes a huge difference in us and in our world.
As we live in Christ and allow Him to love us and to love others through us, He makes a huge difference in us and in our world.
