Jesus
went back to Heaven in order to send His Holy Spirit to dwell in the spirit of
every authentic Believer (John 14:12, 15-17). The Spirit transforms us, renews
our spirit, and purifies our soul - our thoughts, emotions and choices.
Due
to our true conversion through Jesus Christ, God's divine power infuses our
entire body, soul and spirit with whatever we need to accomplish His will for
our day. We gain a personal intimacy with Him by His own glory and excellence.
The
Spirit of God fills us with His righteousness, peace, joy and power to walk in
God's will every moment of the day (Ephesians 1:19-20). Jesus and His Spirit
are both our advocates to help us now and throughout eternity.
We
never want to follow the rules made by mankind that require ungodly commitments,
virtuous self-denial and harsh bodily discipline, because they provide no help
in conquering our carnal desires (Colossians 2:22-23).
The
more we fall in love with Jesus, the less we attempt to live a successful life
through the power of our human efforts. We discover that this is futile at
best, and totally unfulfilling regardless of how much of this world's fame and
fortune that we accumulate.
As
we allow God's Spirit to fill us, we have the power and anointing to accomplish
everything that God preordained for us to do (2 Peter 1:3). We no longer listen
to Satan's lies that we are not "good enough".
We
rejoice in the facts that, through Christ in us, we are holy and
unconditionally loved by our Heavenly Father, we are already justified through
the blood of Jesus, and we are daily being sanctified by God's Holy Spirit.
God's
Spirit fits into our life so completely that people cannot tell us apart. He is
in us, and He works through us. If we will totally surrender to Him, He will
control our thoughts, words and deeds and keep us in the center of God's Will
for us.
Prayer:
Father
God, before You intervened in our life, our soul suffered greatly, because our
spirit was dead in our sinful nature. You made us alive with Jesus and forgave not
only our sinful nature that we inherited from Adam and Eve, but also all of our
inherent sins as human beings. You blotted out our transgressions of Your ways
by nailing them to Calvary's cross (Colossians 2:13-14).
You
also removed the power from the spiritual rulers and authorities that formerly
ruled over our life. Jesus shamed them by His victory over them, as He made a
public spectacle of them. We now have no condemnation (Romans 8:1-2). Thank You
for holding Your whole Body together with all of it various parts, and for
nourishing us so that we may do our part in Your service (Colossians 2:16 &
19).
Thought
for the Day:
As
we enter God's rest, then worry, stress, strife and adversity fade away;
nothing can ever separate us from God's love which is ours through the
sacrifice that Jesus made for us on Calvary's cross.
- Romans 8:35-39; Hebrews
4:10
