“To live is Christ” means our lives are joined to the conquering, victorious, Savior-King of our souls. And his victory offers us a peace that the world around us can never take away.
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
“To live is Christ” means our lives are joined to the conquering, victorious, Savior-King of our souls. And his victory offers us a peace that the world around us can never take away.
“To live is Christ” is to live in the heart calming shalom of God. Christ has left his peace with us and it is himself.
“To live is Christ” is to have the One who IS our peace. This is not a peace you must earn or achieve, for that would bring no peace at all. It is a peace that is freely given as the life of Jesus the gracious Shepherd King of our hearts.
Today, “to live is Christ” means that our lives united to Christ are a preview of the coming rule and reign of Christ.
So hear the invitation of God today to go and find the Christ child. The Prince of Peace. The one who takes all our sins and all our sorrows and turns them into everything good. The one that will take us to be with him forever. Run to him. Embrace him and embrace your alien God.
“To live is Christ” means that God’s peace dwells in our hearts because, through our union with Christ, God is as pleased with us as he is with his Son.