Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Yielding
Our having Christ as our Lord includes He living within us. But "Christ indwelling" means even more than that, it
means being a container of Christ. And even more, a container not only containing Him, but being used at His
discretion to pour Himself out of, to others as He chooses.
This does not mean us doing the outpouring for Him but rather us allowing Him to. So we must set ourselves aside
not to serve Him per se, but to yield to Him. Yes, that is the name of the game now, yielding, ever yielding our wills
to Him, dynamically, sensitively cooperating with Him, flowing with Him, walking His yoke with Him. Not passively,
quite the contrary, but melding our will ever in Him.
How do we get to the state of His indwelling presence being fully acknowledged and expressed? It does not happen
automatically in a believer's life. It requires God's sovereign workings in our lives, but at every painful step, our soul
must choose to yield. That is the problem, our soul's grip or domination over the spirit must be broken!
Monday, December 2, 2013
New Covenant Relationships
with God. We do not function in self-appointed religious roles, rather we function as containers
of Him and as instruments in His hands. The basic issue is our yielding to the ever-present
influence and control of the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus Who indwells us. This must always
be our highest of priorities. Our commitment to Christ's presence in each of us is expressed
in many ways. The authority of Christ within His Body is never separated from His presence.
The basis of our "submitting one to another" (Ephesians 5:21) is not that of authority one
Christian has over another Christian by virtue of institutional "office" or position, but rather
that of Christ Himself in one another: it is He in others to Whom we actually submit.
Hence, the presence of Christ in one another is the basis of our commitment to one another
as fellow members of the Body of Christ. My personal commitment to Christ Jesus demands
that I be committed to Him wherever He is, including in every other member of the Body of Christ.
The presence of Christ in each of us is the basis for all forms of ministry in the Body of Christ. It is He,
working through each of us, Who is doing the ministering, not us doing it for Him.
The functioning or out-working of that indwelling presence of Christ Jesus is, by His choosing,
and extends to every area of our life and the life of His Body and is joined with bonds
of Love.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
No Sweeter Name - Terry McCaskill
No sweeter name than the name of Jesus
No sweeter name have I ever known
No sweeter name than the name of Jesus
You are the life to my heart and my soul
You are the light to the darkness around me
You are the hope to the hopeless and broken
You are the only truth and the way
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
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