To live is Christ is to entrust your life in all circumstances to the care of our loving and faithful God who never slumbers or sleeps.
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
To live is Christ is to entrust your life in all circumstances to the care of our loving and faithful God who never slumbers or sleeps.
No, being God’s adopted sons and daughters doesn’t make life any less difficult. Yes, we will suffer with Christ as Paul says in Romans 8. But we don’t fall back into fear. We move forward as sons.
“To live is Christ” means that God is for us, and nothing against us will stand. How do we know? Because Christ died for us and united his life to ours.
“To live is Christ” means that all who love God, all that are in the Spirit, can claim this most marvelous of promises – God WILL work everything out for your ultimate good and glory in Christ.
“To live is Christ” makes us the desired, wanted, adopted sons of God. Whether you are a man or a woman, if you are in Christ you are a son. An heir. A co-heir with Christ.
“To live is Christ” has given us, through grace, what we tried to earn in the Garden through effort. The Garden left humanity with knowledge but no love. In Christ, we have his love and his knowledge. We have his love and we know how to use it. The daily question is “will we?”