Dependence Upon is LIFE

SIN equals independence not just some bad behaviours that we do. SIN is man's attempt to find LIFE outside of God Himself. SIN is more than missing the mark, it is missing the very purpose you and I were made. We were made to glorify the LORD God Himself. God HATES independence!

You can hear people who are living in independence. They say things like, "I'll do it my way. No one can tell me what to do. It's my way or the highway. I am in control of my own life. I am my own boss." These statements and ones like them reveal that the person has placed his or her faith in themselves and they are independent from God.

FAITH means dependence upon. You have come before God and bowed your heart before Him and openly admit that you want and need Him. You want Him to live His life through your life.

When you were received by God unto salvation He re-created you in Christ to be a vessel of honour that He would use to express Himself to the world. You were "born-again" or "born from above". You are a new creation. The old has been destroyed and the new has come. You are not the same person before you came to know Christ.

The life that now desires to be expressed is a life that only finds joy in living in servanthood before the throne of God. Each day your new life wants to please the Father by bringing Him glory. The clearest way that God living in you is revealed to the world is through the outward display of love.

The word that is used for love in the Bible is agape. This word is an action word and means “doing the most constructive, compassionate, redemptive thing for another.” This love is what Christ desires to express through us right now, through our earthsuit. He expressed this love clearly through His earthsuit when He willing died on the cross for us and He will continue to bring honour to His Father through us and our earthsuits.

Jesus said: “He who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father” (John 14:12).

You cannot live the Christian life, only Christ can live His life through you. As we abide in Christ we bear much fruit. Our dependence upon Him to live through us is the secret of a powerful Christian life.

You and I have NO POWER outside of Christ. It is ONLY when we are in Him that this power to live is given. You must abandon any thoughts of independence. You CANNOT save yourself. Only the Christ can save you! And remember, after you have come to trust Him for your salvation, it is only His life that can continue to walk in obedience to the Father.

You can be "successful" as a Christian, you just must "die to self". Jesus has given us the hope we needed to bring glory again to our Creator. He alone brings us into a right relationship with God. He alone gives us a new life. He alone unites us again to Himself to walk as true people of faith.

This is possible because we are plugged into a Source that’s more powerful than we’ll ever realize this side of heaven! Father God is our Creator. Jesus is our LORD and Master. The Holy Spirit is our Strength and Sanctifier. The Triune God has won us and is desiring to live His life through us. Wow! I freely give my life to Him to redeem and use for His purposes.

I celebrate because I have come HOME!