Harmony with God

December 11, 2019

Harmony with God

May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

The very essence of living the life in Christ is to live our life in harmony with God.

This is the end to which God is working in us, enabling us both to will and to work for His good pleasure. To accomplish His purpose God is sanctifying us completely, so that our spirit, soul and body are in complete harmony with His will for us.

Some people talk about learning to compartmentalize their life, as though we can separate our interests and associations one from the other. That is not the way God designed us. If you begin your day all out-of-sorts with your spouse, that disharmony will affect every part of your day. If you have a terrible day at your office, your troubles will follow you home. The only antidote is to begin immediately to reconcile your troubled emotions with your right-standing as the beloved child of God.

Some people even try to compartmentalize their walk with God. They limit their prayers, their talk of God and their expressions of devotion to God to the hour, or possibly two, they spend at church each week. Sometimes these people wonder why there is so little evidence of the fruit of the Spirit in their own life. God is working to sanctify us entirely; however, we must yield ourselves to Him entirely to experience His grace faithfully forming Christ within us.

Can you see His plan? God wants the entirety of our being -- body, soul and spirit – walking in complete harmony with Him. As we yield ourselves entirely to our Abba, we will find ourselves loving mercy, acting justly and walking humbly in harmony with our beloved Father. (Micah 6:8)

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.

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• 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.

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