"Some of us will do our jobs well some will not, but we will all be judged on one thing: the result." ~ Vince Lombardi
"Man's finest hour is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle victorious." ~ Vince Lombardi
Deuteronomy 20: 4 (NIV) "For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”
Ephesians 6:13 (NIV) "Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand."
There are decisions we as Christians must make everyday, either to fight or to sub-come to the devils desire for our life. We live daily in a battle. There has been and will always be a fight between good and evil, right and wrong, God and the devil. We are dead center in the middle of this battle unless Christ is in us. Christ in us is our strength and our hope. (Galatians 2:20)
The Bible makes it clear that we are to be the temple and abode of God (2 Corinthians 6:16). But how do God and Christ live in us? It is through the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9-11). Therefore, the degree to which God and Jesus Christ dwell in us depends on the degree to which we follow the leading of God’s Spirit and use its power to actually become like God the Father and Jesus Christ in nature, character, spirit, attitudes, approach and love.
What all the scriptures on this subject reveal is that Jesus Christ’s life will be in us only as we seek to make His way of life our way of life—to walk as He walked, to live as He lived (1 John 2:6). The Bible also calls this putting off the old man and putting on the new man (Ephesians 4:22-24).
The more we use the Holy Spirit to become like Christ, the more His life will be in us and, thus, the more He lives in us. But that process is under our will and control, not His. God wants us to choose to live as Jesus lived by our free choice. This involves a humble, earnest seeking to become like Jesus Christ so His life becomes our life.
God’s desire is for us to be “conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29). For us to inherit life in His family, the Father is looking for the qualities of the life of His firstborn Son in us (Colossians 1:27).
The Father and Jesus Christ will seek to lead us this way through the Holy Spirit by revealing knowledge and understanding and giving us the spiritual strength to change and live righteously. But God will not force us to live this way. It is our free choice.
Let's choose to win. When we lay exhausted in the field of battle victorious, it will be worth it all.
The Bible makes it clear that we are to be the temple and abode of God (2 Corinthians 6:16). But how do God and Christ live in us? It is through the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9-11). Therefore, the degree to which God and Jesus Christ dwell in us depends on the degree to which we follow the leading of God’s Spirit and use its power to actually become like God the Father and Jesus Christ in nature, character, spirit, attitudes, approach and love.
What all the scriptures on this subject reveal is that Jesus Christ’s life will be in us only as we seek to make His way of life our way of life—to walk as He walked, to live as He lived (1 John 2:6). The Bible also calls this putting off the old man and putting on the new man (Ephesians 4:22-24).
The more we use the Holy Spirit to become like Christ, the more His life will be in us and, thus, the more He lives in us. But that process is under our will and control, not His. God wants us to choose to live as Jesus lived by our free choice. This involves a humble, earnest seeking to become like Jesus Christ so His life becomes our life.
God’s desire is for us to be “conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29). For us to inherit life in His family, the Father is looking for the qualities of the life of His firstborn Son in us (Colossians 1:27).
The Father and Jesus Christ will seek to lead us this way through the Holy Spirit by revealing knowledge and understanding and giving us the spiritual strength to change and live righteously. But God will not force us to live this way. It is our free choice.
Let's choose to win. When we lay exhausted in the field of battle victorious, it will be worth it all.
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