Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
Christ in us protects us from this destruction. Union with Christ keeps our hearts rejoicing in the works and THE WORK of Christ for as long as we live, and as long as we have being, which in Christ is forever. Life without end. Joy without end. That’s to live is Christ.
In Christ death is not the end. The return to dust is no longer God’s final word. Jesus has conquered death and the grave. Now our lives have ultimate meaning. Now the meaning of life isn’t “enjoy everything and die,” now to live is Christ is “enjoy God and live forever.”
All of these works should draw our hearts to the ultimate work of the Lord – the life and death of Christ. The violence and beauty of the cross. The glory of that same violence and beauty being alive in us. At once killing us and resurrecting us to the new life of to live is Christ.
Until that day whenever we gather around the communion table and break the bread and drink the wine, may we remember that our union with Christ is union with his gladness. That to live is Christ is to live in the joy of our salvation.
To live is Christ trusts the God of creation who sustains all things not just logically, but lovingly. It is to move through worry to trust, through doubt to faith, knowing that in Christ God cares for you as much as he does his Son, Jesus.
To live is Christ means trusting our union with the One who controls all chaos and evil today, and the One who will one day remove all chaos and evil from life’s equation. Until then trust that he will always bring you to shore.
To Live is Christ 