PROMISE #68 - MARCH 9
Promise #68:
Your old life is dead and your new life is hid with Christ in Me.
Colossians 3:3 (WEB)
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
The reality for everyone who has received the free gift of eternal life is that their old life has passed away, and everything has become new in Christ. To better appreciate today's promise, we should read Colossians 3:1-3 from the English Standard Version...
1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV)
This passage of Scripture tells of every believer's royal position in Christ, seated at the right hand of God. I do not believe that this is just an idealistic picture that Paul wanted to paint, but it is a spiritual reality. Our Elder Brother Jesus sits at the right hand of our Father in heaven, and because we are joined with Jesus, we are seated there too!
Without revelation from the Holy Spirit, the spiritual reality of today's promise is much more than we can comprehend with our natural mind. How can we see ourselves as hidden in Christ, seated at the right hand of God with our human understanding? It is far too great a promise for us to grasp without the power of the Holy Spirit to make this real to us!
So, my prayer today is that the reality of our spiritual position in Christ will become more real to us than it has ever been before. Holy Spirit, would you come and help us grasp this amazing truth? We want to see with our spiritual eyes today and comprehend every great and precious promise from the throne of our God and Father through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, I thank You that even at this very moment, I am hidden in Christ at Your right hand. Help me to believe this is true, no matter what challenges I might face today. I ask that Your Holy Spirit would open the eyes of my heart even more, so that I may focus on the unseen things today, which are of far greater value than the temporary world I live in.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
Your old life is dead and your new life is hid with Christ in Me.
Colossians 3:3 (WEB)
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
The reality for everyone who has received the free gift of eternal life is that their old life has passed away, and everything has become new in Christ. To better appreciate today's promise, we should read Colossians 3:1-3 from the English Standard Version...
1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV)
This passage of Scripture tells of every believer's royal position in Christ, seated at the right hand of God. I do not believe that this is just an idealistic picture that Paul wanted to paint, but it is a spiritual reality. Our Elder Brother Jesus sits at the right hand of our Father in heaven, and because we are joined with Jesus, we are seated there too!
Without revelation from the Holy Spirit, the spiritual reality of today's promise is much more than we can comprehend with our natural mind. How can we see ourselves as hidden in Christ, seated at the right hand of God with our human understanding? It is far too great a promise for us to grasp without the power of the Holy Spirit to make this real to us!
So, my prayer today is that the reality of our spiritual position in Christ will become more real to us than it has ever been before. Holy Spirit, would you come and help us grasp this amazing truth? We want to see with our spiritual eyes today and comprehend every great and precious promise from the throne of our God and Father through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, I thank You that even at this very moment, I am hidden in Christ at Your right hand. Help me to believe this is true, no matter what challenges I might face today. I ask that Your Holy Spirit would open the eyes of my heart even more, so that I may focus on the unseen things today, which are of far greater value than the temporary world I live in.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.