The holy one to be born will be called
the Son of God. — Luke 1:35
If I have
been born again from above, the Son of God himself has been born into my mortal
flesh. What was true of the virgin Mary in the introduction of God’s Son into
this earth is true in every saved soul: the Son of God is born into us by the
direct act of God.
As a
child of God, I have to exercise the right of a child to always be face-to-face
with my Father. Am I giving the Son’s holy innocence and simplicity and oneness
with the Father a chance to manifest themselves in me? Am I continually
responding with amazement to what my common sense tells me to do, saying to it,
“Why are you trying to warn me off? Don’t you know that I have to be in my
Father’s house?” Whatever my external circumstances, the holy, innocent,
eternal Child within me must remain in contact with the Father.
Am I
simple enough to identify myself with my Lord in this way? Is he getting his
way with me? Is God realizing that his Son has been formed in me, or have I put
the Lord to the side?
Oh, the
uproar of these days! Everyone is clamoring—for what? For the Son of God to be
put to death. There’s no room for the Son of God, no room for quiet, holy
communion with the Father.
Is the
Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to him? Is he ministering in me as
he did when he walked among us in the flesh? Is the Son of God in me going
through his passion for his own purposes? The more one knows of the inner life
of God’s most devoted servants, the more one sees God’s purpose: to “fill up .
. . what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions” (Colossians 1:24).
There is always more “filling up” to be done.
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