“To live is Christ” is made possible by the indwelling Holy Spirit. He is the giver of Christ’s peace, love, and joy to all who are in Christ by faith.
June 10, 2020. Day 162: You will receive power.
“To live is Christ” is to live in all the power of the ascended Christ. To receive his Spirit. To receive God’s presence into our very being. And then to share that presence with one another as we stop gazing into heaven and start sharing the greatest story ever told with our Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and even the ends of the earth.
June 9, 2020. Day 161: Go therefore and make disciples.
“To live is Christ” is to move out into the lives of those we invite to share the life of Christ with us. And to do it in the freedom of Jesus’ own empowering authority and love. Any person. Any time. Any place. Multiplying the life of Christ by the love of Christ. And in the process finding the meaning of your life in his.
June 8, 2020. Day 160: He has risen, as he said.
“To live is Christ” is not only a union with Christ’s spiritual existence forever (which it is). It is a union with Christ’s bodily, physical existence forever. May this hope of the glorious renewal of all things sustain and empower us as we live through days of pain and loss, hopelessness and hurt, until that day when we too will walk out of our graves into the presence of the Son. Until then do not be afraid.
June 7, 2020. Day 159: And the curtain was torn in two.
“To live is Christ” means access. It means no more separation. No closed doors. No veils. No curtains. No blockade to God’s love and grace. The only thing blocking your heart from his is you. So take your eyes off of yourself and cast them onto Christ and his new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain of his flesh. And then live like you’re actually in God’s presence today. Because you actually are.
June 6, 2020. Day 158: It is finished.
If there is one word spoken in human history that carries the greatest weight it must be this one. Tetelestai. By it Christ died, and by it we live.
To Live is Christ 