In the USA we celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July. As Christians we are given our independence when we accept Christ, but do we walk in our Freedom that The Lord afforded us?
Something that I have noticed about the human race, that the farther we get from the event that was bought with a price, the less we appreciate the price that was paid. We have a tendency to take things for granted.
One day as I was leaving church, pastor and I were talking about why Christians fail. Right off the top of my head I said "We don't know who we are In Christ!" I haven't thought about that statement for some time. Who are we In Christ? How do we live for Christ?
I want to address the first question. When we believe that Jesus, came to earth as the Messiah, and died for our sin on the Cross, and that God raised Him from the dead, we are saved. The position of becoming a Child of God is simple, about one percent of Scripture revels this to us, and ninety-nine percent is written to the church how to live for God. I find in myself the desire, but the ability is another matter, and I don't believe that I am the only Christian in this position.
As a believer I find that when we accept Christ as the Messiah, we aren't independent, but we should become dependent. It isn't as simple as the thought; we still like to be in control of our circumstances. The problem is that we lean on our own understanding. We as humans have a problem called the sin nature. The sin nature is like the image that appears in movies, the devil on one shoulder, and a angel on the other. It is hard to do what comes to mind after we pray and ask for God's help, because so often it seems too simple. We should learn after the ten-thousandth time Gods ways are simple, and all He requires is that we lean not on our own understanding.
There is an old saying, "Keep it simple, stupid!" Too often we stay stupid, when His ways are simple. God is not complex, but when we acquired the ability to know good, and evil we became complex. It never was the plan of God. Satan knows how easy it is to confuse us, and takes advantage of what we think is intelligent, and traps us. Only God knows what is good for us, all we have to do is trust, and obey. It's simple but we make it complex.
Something that I have noticed about the human race, that the farther we get from the event that was bought with a price, the less we appreciate the price that was paid. We have a tendency to take things for granted.
One day as I was leaving church, pastor and I were talking about why Christians fail. Right off the top of my head I said "We don't know who we are In Christ!" I haven't thought about that statement for some time. Who are we In Christ? How do we live for Christ?
I want to address the first question. When we believe that Jesus, came to earth as the Messiah, and died for our sin on the Cross, and that God raised Him from the dead, we are saved. The position of becoming a Child of God is simple, about one percent of Scripture revels this to us, and ninety-nine percent is written to the church how to live for God. I find in myself the desire, but the ability is another matter, and I don't believe that I am the only Christian in this position.
As a believer I find that when we accept Christ as the Messiah, we aren't independent, but we should become dependent. It isn't as simple as the thought; we still like to be in control of our circumstances. The problem is that we lean on our own understanding. We as humans have a problem called the sin nature. The sin nature is like the image that appears in movies, the devil on one shoulder, and a angel on the other. It is hard to do what comes to mind after we pray and ask for God's help, because so often it seems too simple. We should learn after the ten-thousandth time Gods ways are simple, and all He requires is that we lean not on our own understanding.
There is an old saying, "Keep it simple, stupid!" Too often we stay stupid, when His ways are simple. God is not complex, but when we acquired the ability to know good, and evil we became complex. It never was the plan of God. Satan knows how easy it is to confuse us, and takes advantage of what we think is intelligent, and traps us. Only God knows what is good for us, all we have to do is trust, and obey. It's simple but we make it complex.
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