Trusting In The Son Of God

January 6, 2017

Trusting In The Son Of God

Since we are living by the Spirit,

 let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.

Galatians 5:25

Today is the first day of the Christian season of Epiphany. The word epiphany means a manifestation, and the season reflects on how Jesus was revealed as the Son of God. Actually, Epiphany is the central theme of the entire New Testament: it is all about Jesus. The Apostle Paul affirms this in his first epistle to the Corinthian church, “For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2).

Do you think it is possible for us to live like Paul? Can every day be a personal day of Epiphany for us? Can we go about all of the activities and interactions of each day with a consciousness that Jesus Christ is our life, and his Spirit is leading every part of our lives? We may not yet be so spiritually mature, but clearly this was Paul’s ambition, not only for his life, but for all of the followers of Jesus. Although his words can certainly seem like hyperbole, I think he was quite serious in wanting all of the followers of Jesus to be like-minded as he when he wrote:

“We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ . . . For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.  And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him” (Romans 6:6-8).

“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

This is just the end of the first week of the New Year. We still have time to formulate our plans of discipleship for 2017. Maybe this weekend you can consider what spiritual disciplines you can add to your life to enable you live each day closer to Paul’s passion for each of us:

“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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