Read Psalm 147:1-11. 1Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
Read Psalm 147:1-11. 1Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise
Read Psalm 145:1-9. 1I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2Every day I will bless you and
To live is Christ is to have restored glory and honor, dominion and authority through Christ. But mostly it is to have a restored relationship with God, the God who is mindful of us and cares for us, just as he does the man Jesus.
Now we can draw near to God with all the confidence in the world, knowing that we will only be met with grace and mercy. Never judgment or condemnation. Never rejection or retaliation. Only the very real active help in time of need of knowing that our salvation is secure, our future is with God, and our present is “to live is Christ.”
But when Grace appears in the flesh. When Grace is the lover of your soul. When Grace gives himself for us to redeem us. When Grace makes you his own precious possession. When Grace not only forgives you, but also places you into himself. Into his own life. His own glory. His own goodness. Then your heart’s desires have been trained to denounce all that would break his heart. Then you have been shown grace as godliness. Then you have been taught “to live is Christ.”
In “to live is Christ” we have not only seen the glory of God, but we have received the glory of God (John 1:12), his life of grace and truth, into our own lives.