Who? Week Three – Who we must become.
Posted by Chris G | Filed under listen.
In our walk with Christ I believe that it is essential to see ourselves as He sees us; to know His intent for our lives and what He desires for us and of us. Over the last couple of weeks we have covered some amazing ground. We have talked about Who we were created to BE, Who we ARE and Who we must BECOME.
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Who are You becoming? Big question right? It is one we all wonder to ourselves. But whether our lives are planned or lived in the day to day, there is a part of us all that longs to Know and see what we will become.
We know that God created us in His image (character) to have relationship (intimacy) with Him, but Do we understand just what that means?
Galatians 5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm,then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
Alright God, but Freedom from what ? I mean I live in the US right? Is that not freedom?
I believe that Jesus did not come with the intent to free our flesh as the Jews had thought for so long, but to Free our soul, the very essence of Who We Are. What’s happening here is we as believers often profess that Jesus is the Son of the Most High but we live our lives guided by the Law. We spend so much of our lives trying to get it right, yet by trying to “get it right,” we are pursuing righteousness with God through Our own accord, the very mentality that Jesus came against. In Ephesians 2:8-10 It says that it is by Grace through Faith that we are saved, not by works. See, Jesus knows that if we could earn Salvation by our actions, we would see it as something deserved, yet the very idea of Grace is that it is an undeserved favor – Forgiveness that is given without merit.
In Psalms 37:3-6 talks about Trusting in God and Delighting our ways in the Lord, then it says that we should dwell in the pastures(Pastures are a good place to be) and He will give us the Desires of our heart. In a way, David is letting us know that life is about Loving God and Then pursuing life. God does not bind us to anything but Himself, because He knows that if we are pursuing a relationship with Him then the rest is all gravy. He is the Fullness of life, so in Him we have the Freedom to pursue life Fully.
SO GET OUT THERE!! LIVE! Seek God and go get Life! It says that He is in us and we are in Him, so His Love is our Love and our Loves are His Loves.
Freedom is intense; scary at times, but it’s for Freedom’s sake that He set us Free 
One Response to “Who? Week Three – Who we must become.”
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rgreene Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 3:53 pmYou write like you speak Chris.
I enjoy it.
Congratulations are well merited.