I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I have 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 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, you have only to ask, and the infinite wisdom of God is available to you (James 1:5). When you are faced with humanly impossible situations, God does the impossible 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 (Rom. 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 marvelously freeing to know that God controls your life and knows what it can become. Rather than constantly worrying about what you will 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 only 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. Think about it, where are you?
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This is such a freeing feeling! Whenever I am worried about something, I love knowing that God is in control. Will I be able to get my kids in the best schools, should I take on this new job, will my friend get healthy again? Just a simple prayer to the One who controls it all makes me feel so much better. I know that God is in control in good times and bad. Even when I feel like I've totally lost all control in this world, I'm ok, because the almightly God is in control!
I just can't believe how smart my kids are. They are wise FAR beyond me and all of my years. Must have gotten this from their mother's side.
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