The Purpose of God's Spirit in Us

Jesus died once for anyone who believes in Him. We will eventually be raised with Christ into immortality, because death no longer has any mastery over Christ in us.

We used to be slaves to sin, but now we owe our allegiance to Christ as slaves to righteousness (Romans 6:1-18). Each moment of our life, we submit our plans to God's direction (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Through the sanctification process by His Spirit, the carnality in our body and soul decrease and He increases within us (John 3:30). Even our physical life is His.

Through His life within us, although our body may go to the grave, our spirit and soul live forever with God. We are filled with the Holy Spirit and are part of Christ’s Body (Romans 8:9).

The Spirit transforms our life by giving us His fruit (Galatians 5:22-23). We exhibit fewer carnal characteristics in exchange for the nature of God.

We have more love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, meekness, self-control and faith. We have less greed, anxiety, deception, evil thoughts and actions, pride, rebellion, impatience and intolerance for others.

God's Spirit calls us to a life of faith and obedience, and we respond by relinquishing the depravity in our life in exchange for the holiness of God (Romans 12:1-2).

Our life is hidden with Christ in God through the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Peter 1:4; Hebrews 3:14, 6:4; Romans 6:11). As we realize that we are already dead in Christ (Colossians 3:3), we no longer control our life; He does.

God's Spirit is more and more able to express Himself through our body, spirit and soul – our mind, will and emotions – as we live a surrendered life to Him.

Prayer:

Father God, You are waiting for us in Heaven (Matthew 6:9), but You are always with us through Christ and Your Holy Spirit, even to the end of the age of grace (Matthew 28:20). We give You all of the praise and glory due to Your name. We cry "worthy" to the Lamb who gave Himself to be slain for us before You even created the world (1 Peter 1:20).

Thank You that Jesus sent the Spirit of truth to come and guide us into all truth. The Spirit speaks Your words to us and reveals to us what is yet to come (John 16:13). As our triune God, You come to make Your home in everyone who obeys Your Word and the teachings of Christ (John 14:23).

Thought for the Day:

The purpose of God's Spirit within us is to sanctify our carnality, to transform us into the nature of Christ, to guide us into all truth and to comfort us in every affliction.

One Day Closer to Home

 

“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.”

- Psalm 116:15 KJV

When the doctor orders a follow-up mammogram, our imagination starts running wild. We envision radiation burns, a bald head and weakened physical stamina. We visualize pain, loss and mortality. We come face-to-face with the fact that death is a real possibility. 

When I encountered such a prognosis, God whispered to my heart, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints”. God does not look at death as loss, but of gain. When the beggar in Luke died, he caught a ride with the angels up to Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16:19–31)! I look forward to my translation on angels’ wings.

In insecure situations, peace comes by realizing that our times are in God’s capable hands. If we trust in Him for salvation and keep His word, we shall never really taste death (John 8:51). We close our eyes in mortality and open them in immortality, inhaling the breath of God in Heaven.

John the Revelator said, “Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.' "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them" (Revelations 14:13).

We are united with Jesus in His death, and we will also certainly be united with Him in His resurrection. We know that our human nature is crucified with Him already, and we are no longer slaves to sin. Once we die with Christ, we live with Him, free from sin and death forever (Romans 6:5-11).  

Prayer:

Lord, help us to lay our life down daily for Your Saints, because You promised that if we love Your family, we know that we have passed from death to life (1 John 3:14). 

Thought For The Day:

If we remain faithful until death, God will give us the crown of life. - Revelation 2:10 

Prayer Focus ~ Those with cancer