Since
the life of the believer is hidden with Christ in God our perception concerning
life should be like that of Jesus Christ and the original apostles who made
some very clear statements such as;
·
Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the
Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority;
but the Father who dwells in Me does the works” (John 14:10).
·
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who
live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live
by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians
2:20).
·
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”
(Philippians 4:13).
·
“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them,
because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1John 4:4).
Since
in a believer it is Christ who lives in them and the life which they now live
is by faith in the Son of God who loved them and gave Himself for them, a
believer’s trust therefore, must be in the following:
·
God’s name.
For
it is written, “Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For
our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name”
(Psalms 33:20-21).
·
In God’s Word
For
according to the Psalmist David, “Let your mercies come also to me, O Lord –
your salvation according to Your word, so shall I have an answer for him who
reproaches me, for I trust in your word” (Psalms 119:41-42)
·
In Jesus Christ
In
whose name Gentiles will trust: Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and
given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under
the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father” (Matthew 12:21; Philippians 2:9-11).
Therefore,
those of us who profess to have surrendered our lives to God: let us truly
examine ourselves in this time of global disasters, pandemic and financial
crisis and ask ourselves the question where our trust is? Is it in God, is it
in our security? Is it in the wisdom of men? Remember, we have been admonished
saying, “Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us.” He is faithful in keeping His part of the covenant let
us keep our part of the covenant by learning to trust Him and having our faith
in the power of God and not in the wisdom of men.
And
so, we have been duly admonished saying: “If then you were raised with Christ,
seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand
of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you
died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:1-3).
It
is therefore imperative that we focus our attention more on the inward man than
the outward man therefore; we are not to lose heart because, even though our
outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day and
our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which
are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen
are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2Corinthians
4:16-18).
Remember,
with a true believer it is no longer the individual who lives but it is Christ
who lives in them and the life that we now live in the flesh we live by faith
in the Son of God, who loved us and gave Himself for us, for it is Christ in us
the hope of glory. This is part and parcel of the mystery which has been hidden
from ages and from generations.
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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