To live is Christ is to find your true self, your place in this world while bowing at the feet of Jesus our Shepherd King. Submitting to his personal care over your life. Finding grace in following, peace in pasturing, and joy in humility.
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
To live is Christ is to find your true self, your place in this world while bowing at the feet of Jesus our Shepherd King. Submitting to his personal care over your life. Finding grace in following, peace in pasturing, and joy in humility.
In the New Testament Jesus is crowned as the Lord that we sing praise to, the great God who made all things (Col. 1; Heb. 1), the King that we bow down to (Phil. 2). And to live is Christ supplies the power for this praise.
To live is Christ places this inspired prayer of the psalmist, this prayer of Jesus into our mouths (whether we fully trust it or not).
To live is Christ is to be blessed within the discipline of God, knowing that all his ways lead to our conformity to the character of Christ.
To live is Christ trusts that in God’s perfect timing vengeance will come with the coming of Christ. Until then may his grace and mercy in the cross rebuke the world, may his kindness in Christ bring repentance.
To live is Christ is to trust the words of Christ, his decrees. What has Jesus said about himself? About us? About eternity? And what has God decreed about his Son, Jesus?