Examine yourselves to see whether you
are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in
you--unless, of course, you fail the test? 2 Corinthians 13:5
The
Apostle would have each Christian live in the full assurance: Christ is in me.
What a difference it would make in our lives if we could take time every
morning to be filled with the thought: Christ is in me. As assuredly as I am in
Christ, Christ is also in me.
In the
last night Christ put it clearly to His disciples, that the Spirit would teach
them: "In that day ye shall know that I am in the Father, and ye in Me,
and I in you." First of all Ye in Me. Through the power of God all we who
believe were crucified with Christ, and raised again with Him. And as a result:
Christ is in us. But this knowledge does not come easily. Through faith in
God's Word the Christian accepts it, and the Holy Spirit will lead us into all
truth. Take time this very day to realize and appropriate this blessing in
prayer.
How
clearly Paul expresses the thought in the prayer of Ephesians iii. 16:
"That the Father would grant you according to the riches of His
glory." Notice that it is not the ordinary gift of grace, but a special
revelation of the riches of His love and power. That he grant you to be
strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may
dwell in your hearts by faith. Have you grasped it? The Christian may really
have the experience of being filled with the fulness of God.
Dear
Christian, Paul said: "I bow my knees unto the Father." That is the
only way to obtain the blessing. Take time in the inner chamber to realize:
Christ dwells in me. Too little have I experienced this in the past, but I will
cry to God and wait upon Him to perfect His work in me. Even in the midst of my
daily work, I must look upon my heart as the dwelling place of the Son of God,
and say: "I am crucified with Christ, I live no more; Christ lives in
me." Thus only will Christ's words: "Abide in Me, and I in you,"
become my daily experience.
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