February 23, 2017 LET IT HAPPEN
Colossians 3:15-16: “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”
Christ in us is a package deal. Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, has taken up permanent residence in us if we belong to Him. However, we have the choice of walking according to the Spirit within us, or we can choose to walk according to our way, or the way of the flesh. In 1 Thessalonians 5:19 we are told not to “quench the Spirit.” The Holy Spirit is God in us, and with His presence comes the very nature and attributes of God; it defies the imagination that the creator God to send the Holy Spirit to dwell, or live in believers. It is God’s desire that His nature be expressed in and through the lives of those who belong to Him. When we understand the dynamics of God being present in us, it is just a matter of ‘letting’ Him be Himself in us! God desires that we welcome His rule and His presence in us, but He does not force Himself on us. God is desiring to make Himself known in individual believers, and those who love Him and desire Him will experience His presence in very tangible ways. It is not up to us to strive for His peace, but to simply let His peace rule in our hearts. We are also admonished to let His word richly dwell in us-and because He is in us, His word is also in us, and His words produce His fruit in us; His words bring life and hope. God’s word richly dwelling in us not only impacts and blesses us, but it is to also have its impact on others. God does not desire that believers be isolationist, but rather to be about encouraging, admonishing and teaching one another as a result of what He is doing in the lives of individual believers. God has designed it in such a way that we are not complete within ourselves; but are designed in such a way that we need each other in the body of Christ. The body of Christ, the church, presents a better view of Christ when the individuals within the body are contributing, or functioning in the role God has given them. Let us be reminded that God is present in us and that He desires to express Himself in and through us; let’s let Him do it!
Colossians 3:15: “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
Ephesians 4:15-16: “but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
Blessings,
Buddy
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