I have
been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20
The Christian life is an exchanged life. Jesus’ life for your life.
When Christ takes control, your life takes on dimensions you would never have
known apart from Him. When you are weak, then Christ demonstrates His strength
in your life (2 Cor. 12:9-10). When you face situations that are beyond your
comprehension, you have only to ask, and the infinite wisdom of God is
available to you (James 1:5). When you are faced with humanly impossible
situations, God does the impossible (Luke 18:27). When you encounter people
whom you find difficult to love, God expresses His unconditional love through
you (1 John 4:7). When you are at a loss as to what you should pray for
someone, the Spirit will guide you in your prayer life (Rom. 8:16). When Christ
takes up residence in the life of a believer, “all the fullness of God” is available
to that person (Eph. 3:19).
It is marvelously freeing to know that God controls your life
and knows what it can become. Rather than constantly worrying about what you
will face, your great challenge is to continually release every area of your
life to God’s control. The temptation will be to try to do by yourself what
only God can do. Our assignment is to “abide in the vine” and to allow God to
do in and through us what only He can do (John 15:5). Only God can be God.
Allow Him to live out His divine life through you. He is the only One who can.
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