“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20 NIV
My head is going in a million different directions with this verse this morning because I've come to understand that God is not calling me to drop all of who I am to be His, He's actually calling all of who I am to be His. Does that make sense? He doesn't want to de-program my individuality, but instead delight in it and use me as I am to be a light to the world. This truth makes me feel hope that while He calls me to "die" He's not saying That he wants me to be a robot but rather alive and uniquely me in Him!!!
Also... to get back to the "million directions" (lol), this verse reminds me that it's a call to my own personal cross and that adversity and betrayal and hardships find me there, take me there but in them it launches me into a deeper faith experience and understanding.
Oswald Chambers said " If we do not resolutely sacrifice the natural , the supernatural can never become natural in us." I had to read that a lot of times, but I get it! And I want that!!!
I am crucified with Christ it is no longer I that lives but Christ in me.
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