Galations 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
How ugly my pride must be to God. How foolish I must seem to Him, to think or imagine that I have any basis or reason whatsoever for pride. If any man had a basis for pride it was Jesus, and He nailed his to a cross. What makes me think I have any right?
The joy of a life broken and surrendered to God far exceeds the anguish and pain that it takes to reach that point of surrender.
Is there any way that I can communicate that more clearly? Who is reading this? A friend? A relative? A complete stranger? What have YOU decided? Have you surrendered yet, or is your life still filled with pain? Do you realize that God loves you?
Christ's crucifixion wasn't just some violent crime - it was a willful determination to win me, and win you... to accomplish a victory over Satan.
When we make that determination our own, and relinquish any right to ourselves in order to obey a higher purpose for us, set by God himself, then we are able to say with Paul, "I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST".
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
How ugly my pride must be to God. How foolish I must seem to Him, to think or imagine that I have any basis or reason whatsoever for pride. If any man had a basis for pride it was Jesus, and He nailed his to a cross. What makes me think I have any right?
The joy of a life broken and surrendered to God far exceeds the anguish and pain that it takes to reach that point of surrender.
Is there any way that I can communicate that more clearly? Who is reading this? A friend? A relative? A complete stranger? What have YOU decided? Have you surrendered yet, or is your life still filled with pain? Do you realize that God loves you?
Christ's crucifixion wasn't just some violent crime - it was a willful determination to win me, and win you... to accomplish a victory over Satan.
When we make that determination our own, and relinquish any right to ourselves in order to obey a higher purpose for us, set by God himself, then we are able to say with Paul, "I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST".
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