The Unfolding Christ-life
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FOLLOWING THE MASTER – A Lenten Devotional
9th Day of Lent
February 19, 2016
The Unfolding Christ-life
8 Copyright 2016 Monica Hernandez
@For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God…which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 3:3; 1:27).
The Scriptures tell us that followers of Christ have their lives hidden with Christ in God. This life of Christ in God is the life of the Father in the Son and the Son in the Father both living within the heart of every believer. This is the Christ-life.
There is now a togetherness between the Father, Son and us and something mysterious is taking place in our inner being: we are being transformed as the Christ-life unfolds and expresses itself.
Day by day, as the Christ-life unfolds within us, we are being renewed and its presence gives us authority and wisdom to address the adverse issues in our lives. The Christ-life covers our weaknesses, giving us strength to deal with difficult circumstances and helps us partake of its divine nature, which is meekness, love, forgiveness and triumph, along with other blessings.
The Christ-life unfolds within everyone who receives the invitation of Jesus to follow Him. And like a rose unfolds, petal by petal, row by row, the Christ-life unfolds, little by little, day by day, revealing its fullness and potential. The unfolding of the Christ-life within us is the process of change and regeneration; it is spiritual growth.
As we are open and receptive to the Christ-life within us we receive spiritual understanding and insight. And its presence within us gives us the privilege to become children of God, offering us a heritage of triumph over adversity in this life and a better quality of living.
As children of God, it is our privilege to enjoy the fellowship of the Father and the Son within us and receive their gifts of healing, restoration, discernment, guidance and direction. However, these gifts are promoted by a growing intimacy with Father and Son and us.
Are you building intimacy with the life of the Father and the Son that is within you?
SUGGESTED READINGS: John 17:21-24; Colossians 3:1-3; 2 Corinthians 4:14-16.
PRAYER: AChrist within me is my hope of glory. Thank you, Father, for the presence of you and Jesus Christ within me. Amen.”
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The life of Christ unfolds within His followers, taking them from glory to glory.
