When our prayers move from save me to glorify your name then, and only then, do we know that our hearts have moved to the liberating faith of Jesus in us. A faith that can truly say to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
When our prayers move from save me to glorify your name then, and only then, do we know that our hearts have moved to the liberating faith of Jesus in us. A faith that can truly say to live is Christ and to die is gain.
To live is Christ removes the sacrifice for sin and replaces it with the sacrifice of praise. It replaces duty with delight.
To live is Christ is to know that in him God has inclined to you. He has bent down to hear and to save. He has set you on the rock of Christ Jesus where you today and every day live secure in him.
To live is Christ means that we can feel the heavy hand of God without losing hope, always trusting that it is his beloved children that he disciplines.
To live is Christ is to know we are never forsaken, never away from God, never without the Helper guiding our heart, even through the most complex situations of life.
Does your sin drive you toward God? Does it reveal your longings, your desires? Desires that you then place before Christ? Does your guilt bring out all of your self-defenses, explanations, excuses, rebukes?