Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is a great message to keep in mind as we look forward to celebrating the Resurrection of JESUS!
His Resurrection Destiny
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter
into His glory? — Luke 24:26
Our Lord’s Cross is the gateway into His life: His
Resurrection means that He has power now to convey His life to me. When I am
born again from above (rv mg), I receive from the Risen Lord His very
life.
Our Lord’s Resurrection destiny is to bring “many sons unto
glory.” The fulfilling of His destiny gives Him the right to make us sons and
daughters of God. We are never in the relationship to God that the Son of God
is in; but we are brought by the Son into the relation of sonship. When Our
Lord rose from the dead, He rose to an absolutely new life, to a life He did
not live before He was incarnate. He rose to a life that had never been before;
and His resurrection means for us that we are raised to His risen life, not to
our old life. One day we shall have a body like unto His glorious body, but we
can know now the efficacy of His resurrection and walk in newness of life. I
would know Him in “the power of His resurrection.”
“As Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He should
give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him.” Thank God it is gloriously and majestically true that the Holy
Spirit can work in us the very nature of Jesus if we will obey Him.
AMEN! The moment that we received JESUS as Lord and Saviour, Holy Spirit began His "good work" (Philippians 1:6) in us by recreating our previously dead human spirit into the image of Almighty God HimSelf! We are NOW a new GOD creation in our spirit man! Perfect and unable to sin! BUT, for the rest of our lives on earth, we MUST renew our minds daily with the Word of God so that our souls (mind, emotions and will) can learn to think, speak and act like JESUS! The GOOD NEWS on THAT is that Holy Spirit continues to work HIS work in us, every moment of everyday that we allow Him to! Why would we ever stand in HIS way? AMEN! Here are Hillsong Kids with "The World Shakes":
Shalom in Him!
