“To live is Christ” means we will spend every day of our lives learning to joyfully and faithfully depend on God’s Spirit, our true friend, for all that Jesus offers to us by his resurrection life and our Father’s unconditional love.
TLIC Daily. Day 143. May 23: This is my blood of the covenant.
“To live is Christ” is to sit at the Lord’s table and partake of all the benefits of his life and his death. His forgiveness. His suffering. His resurrection. His cleansing. His acceptance. His inheritance. In Christ we have taken it all into our being.
TLIC Daily. Day 142. May 22: You shall love.
“To live is Christ” means love for God and love for neighbor now has a power source – the indwelling love of Jesus that fills us with all of his self-giving love.
TLIC Daily. Day 141. May 21: The resurrection and the life.
“To live is Christ” means no more fear of dying and no more fear of living. Why? Because my life is no longer being measured. It is no longer the standard by which I will be judged.
TLIC Daily. Day 140. May 20: The good shepherd.
“To live is Christ” is about being shepherded. Union with Christ is not just about “being saved” from death and hell. It’s about having the Good Shepherd of your soul lovingly guide you through every step of life by his grace and truth.
TLIC Daily. Day 139. May 19: I am.
The dark day of Christ’s cross has broken through all the darkness in us with the burning light of the great I Am. The light and life of “to live is Christ.”
To Live is Christ 