We are not only soldiers of the cross; we are heirs to the throne.
The divine nature permeates our souls, transforms our minds,
transplants our hearts, and transfigures our spirits.
We were made to be vessels of His glory and vehicles of His light.
The children of God were never intended to live by their own strength.
If your life can still be explained in terms of you – your personality,
your gifts, your talent, your will-power, your money, your courage,
your dedication, your scholarship, or your anything –
you are not yet walking as Jesus did. You will need to learn how the Son lived by
the power of the Holy Spirit before you can become a true vessel of God’s glory.
In the same way Jesus received His life from the Father and thereby displayed
the Father’s glory in this world, we are to receive our life from the Son. Jesus
said,
“And the glory which You {the Father} gave Me I have given them, that
they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me.” (John 17:22-23)
The Son is able to continue bringing glory to the Father as we permit Him to
display the light of His life and works through our mortal bodies while walking
in this world.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and
godliness.” (2 Pet. 1:3)
God’s children were created to reflect the light of God’s glory. We have been
designed in a way that will permit the divine power of Christ’s Spirit to work
through us. We are therefore expected to reflect a heavenly nature that is referred
to in the Scriptures as the “light of life” in our daily activities. And according to
God’s Word, everyone who sees this “light” will know the life is coming through
a work of God’s power.
I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in
darkness, but have the light of life. (John 8:12)
