Attempting to drum up more faith in order to survive the issues of life is exhausting and usually futile. Keeping our focus on God’s will and walking by the direction of His Holy Spirit helps us to effortlessly abide in Christ in each instance.
This allows us to utilize the faith of Christ within us instead of manufacturing a semblance of trust in the unseen aspects of the Spirit. Disturbing or debilitating events threaten to rob us of our peace, yet we can walk in faith by reminding our self that we are safely tucked under the shadow of God’s wings (Psalm 91).
God’s Spirit replaces our carnal nature with His fruit, and Christ in us leads us to live in a surrendered and undivided commitment to God (Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Corinthians 3:18). Laying down our goals, self-will and pride enables us to make God paramount in our decisions.
He rules by His Spirit over every area of our life according to His perfect plans for us. He goes before us and exerts His power to overcome our enemies and to provide His anointing for us to accomplish our service for Him.
His contentment, peace, and joy permeate every fiber of our soul. When people look at us, they see Jesus instead (Acts 6:8-9). We bask in God’s love that He exemplified when Jesus sacrificed Himself for our salvation (Ephesians 5:1-2).
The power of God’s divine life works in us, through us, and for us as we traverse the course of our day. Jesus restores for us everything that Adam and Eve lost for us by their prideful disobedience in the Garden of Paradise. We abide in God’s Word, and it abides in us (John 15:7).
We live in the Vine as His branches, and we hang out as branches do, while God’s Spirit produces His fruit in our life. This fruit is created for the enjoyment of those who come to God’s throne, seeking sustenance for their daily walk with the Lord.
When we share God’s truth with others, this allows us to receive more wisdom and strength from the Lord (John 15:4). Then we readily forsake the world, the flesh and satanic lies that vie to draw us away from God’s best for us (Romans 8:28; Philippians 3:8-9).
Prayer:
Father God, when we are so full of our own worth, plans and talents, we leave no room for You to fill us with Your divine life. However, when we humble our pride and forsake, as Paul did (Philippians 3:8-14), our worldly wisdom and experience in exchange for Your Truth, we discover Your treasure that You hide in each of us (2 Corinthians 4:7-10).
The power of Christ within us removes from us all desire to practice sin (Galatians 5:16,25). We have no more tendency to live as slaves to sin, but to live as slaves to Your righteousness instead (Romans 6:18). Help us to hunger and thirst for holiness and to gain from You a clean heart that thwarts any idea or activity that interferes with our intimate relationship with You (Matthew 5:6).
Thought for the Day:
God knew us before He knit us together in our mother’s womb; therefore, rather than working for God, we develop a dependence on the Holy Spirit to do the works through us that God planned, before we were even born, for us to accomplish with our life.
- Psalm 139:13-16; Ephesians 2:8-10
