Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
Are you in Christ? If you are then you will welcome the purifying love of Christ to the Earth. Just as his love is inevitably yet painfully removing impurity in you today, it will one day painfully remove all impurity from the entire universe. To live is Christ both welcomes this and warns of this.
To live is Christ is to look forward to the Day of the Lord with great anticipation – come quickly Lord Jesus! But it is also to live each moment under the reign of Christ in our hearts as we make his righteousness and faithfulness known to the world in every word and in every deed.
To live is Christ is to ascribe it all to Jesus, the great worshiper and the one worthy of all worship. May all the glory he deserves be his today. May our lives be a living sacrifice of praise to him. Not only for what he has done for us, but for what he is – holy, strong, and beautiful.
So are we in rest or are we striving to get there? Yes. Both are true at the same time. To live is Christ understands and embraces this paradox. The paradox of the finished yet ongoing work of Christ in us. The paradox of striving to rest. The paradox of a faith that saved you and is saving you. So do not harden your heart. Do not resist the grace of rest. Stop striving to earn your salvation and start striving to trust in a salvation that has already been earned.
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 