An Exchanged Life

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20

The Christian life is an exchanged life: Jesus' life for your life. When Christ takes control, your life takes on dimensions you would have never have known apart from Him. When you are weak, then Christ demonstrates His strength in your life (2 Cor. 12:9-10). When you face situations that are beyond your comprehension and control, you have only to ask, and the infinate wisdom of God is available to you (James 1:5). When you are faced with humanly impossible situations, God does the impossible (Luke 18:27). When you encounter people whom you find difficult to love, God expresses His unconditional love through you (1 John 4:7). When you are at a loss as to what you should pray for someone, the Spirit will guide you in your prayer life (Romans 8:16). When Christ takes up residence in the life of a believer, "all the fullness of God" is available to that person. (Eph 3:19).

It is freeing to know that God controls your life and knows what it can become. Rather than constantly worrying about what you face, your great challenge is to continually release every area of your life to God's control. The temptation will be to try to do by yourself what God can do. Our assignment is to "abide in the vine" and to allow God to do in and through us what only He can do (John 15:5). Only God can be God. Allow Him to live out His divine life through you. He is the only One who can.

Are you facing a situation today that seems impossible? Does it seem humanly hopeless to you? God knows that and he is waiting for you to call upon his aid. Will you let Him help you? Will you call upon Him for direction and guidance and have the courage to follow His lead?

I encourage you to spend time today in the quiet rest of Christ and listen to his will in our life. Don't go it alone, but trust in Him and the one that sent Him to us.