Last week we discussed that we have
the Name of Christ. We are part of Him, His body here on earth and
we can do all things in His Name. We have the Name above all names
to rely on and as we grow in our relationship with Him, we will
come to the realisation of how much life and love is flowing
through us because of Him. There are so many Scriptures telling us
that life is flowing through our veins and in us. Let me share a
couple of them with you and discuss the significance of it with
you.
"And you He made
alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins." Ephesians
2:1
"God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has
life." 1 John 5:11, 12
"...just as Christ was raised
from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should
walk in newness of life." Romans 6:4
We have life. And I am not talking
only about our heart beating and our blood flowing through our
veins, I am saying that we have His life flowing through
our veins. He came to live within us the moment we gave our hearts
to Him and now we can live in the fullness of the life that He came
to give us. Romans call it 'newness of life', in other words you
have life inside of you that unbelievers do not. And it is time
that Christians truly get a hold of this.
If there is no difference between
your life and an unbeliever's life, then you don't understand the
type of life that Jesus came to give us. Eternal life is already
something that you possess. You are already part of God's Kingdom
as we have discussed a couple of weeks ago and because you are,
Kingdom living is part and parcel of your everyday life. It is His
life that gives you peace in this world, it is His life that gives
you energy when you feel that you cannot go on, it is His life that
give you joy when you are tired, it is His life that gives you love
when others slander you. It is His life that sustains you.
Ephesians 2:1 says that you are only truly alive when you accept
Him into your life. Without Him you are like a dead corpse walking
around.
I have so much empathy for
non-believers. Because God's life really sustains me. How do they
cope without it? Maybe alcohol helps them, maybe drugs, maybe
social media, or maybe illicit relationships. The only true answer
is found in Jesus Christ. But isn't it sad when Christians
themselves do not realise it and also find their comfort in less
honourable ways? My friends, life is in Jesus and in Him alone!
True life is knowing Him!! Walk in the fullness of it and tell
others about Him. They need Him and you are the one who can tell
them!
God's life sustains you and is what
takes you from this life to the next. That is why Jesus tells us
that a Christian will never see death, because this life inside
continues on forever:
"I am the resurrection and the
life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And
whoever lives and believes in Me, shall never die." John 11:25,
26
Thank you Father for life! Thank
you for blessing us with it. We breathe in Your life every day, we
live by Your life and power and we glorify You. Amen