When
we plug in a lamp, electricity powers the vessel; when we plug into God's
Spirit within us, we access His power in the same way. We cannot see
electricity or His Spirit; however, we can see the results of their existence.
The
Trinity - the Father, Son and Spirit - abides in the spirit of every authentic
Believer. The Trinity is one God, and He manifests through our spirit if we are
humble enough to get out of the way, and patient enough to wait on God's
leading.
We
are no longer our own, but servants of the Master of the Universe. We do not
live an independent life, we are the host of the Trinity of God (1 Corinthians
3:16). Our freedom is now in Christ in us (John 8:36), who is greater than
anything this world uses to discourage and dispirit us (1 John 4:4).
Our
modern society decided that everyone has our own truth, by which we are
entitled to live. If we disagree with someone's truth, we are rejected; even if
their personal truth contradicts the words of Jesus, who is the only infinite
and eternal Way, Life and Truth (John 14:6).
For
authentic Believers, our Truth is centered in Christ alone. We consult God each
moment of the day, and we walk in His Truth and His Will specifically designed
just for us as an individual (Proverbs 3:5-6; Ephesians 2:10). Our union with
Him is our source of power and strength.
Christ
in us breaks our bondage to sin - which used to keep us in a cycle of
deprivation and destruction (1 John 1:9). Any freedom we experience while
operating in our human flesh is simply an illusion. We lack true wisdom, which
only comes by God's indwelling Spirit.
United
with the Trinity and with other Believers all over the world, as well as those
who occupied the earth in times past, we rejoice in our place in God's Kingdom.
We follow the leading of God's Spirit regardless of our own goals and desires,
because Father always knows best.
Prayer:
Father
God, thank You that You make all things beautiful in Your time. You gave us
Christ, indwelling us by Your Spirit, so that we can decrease while He
increases in our life. We stop relying on our self and this world, and instead
we trust only in Your presence within us - to guide us, to comfort us, to give
us wisdom, and to work everything out for our eventual good (John 14:10; Romans
8:28).
Remind
us that our union with Christ allows us to be vessels of honor for Your
Kingdom, doing Your will, and drawing on Your strength and power to accomplish
everything that You call us to do (1 Corinthians 16:7). Encourage us to set our
independent, carnal self aside, so Christ can increase in our God-dependent
spiritual self as He controls our every thought, word and deed.
Thought
for the Day:
Every
day, we follow God's Spirit in the life of faith that requires hope in the
unseen aspects of the Spirit, regardless of the circumstances surrounding us; since
the very presence of God in us consumes our life more and more each and every
moment in all of our ways.
