In Church last Sunday I saw a vision of the cross. It was surging with electricity. There was so much power in the sacrifice God's Son made for us. And there still is! I saw the cross being filled with power. We can join in this. We can partake of this heavenly power. We can receive tangible life in our dying. We can be glorified with Him if we share in His sufferings.
"Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8:17
"I want to know Christ--yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead." Philippians 3:10-11
If we are willing to carry our cross, if we are willing for our flesh to be crucified, that's when we receive His Glory. That's when we receive power. That's when we can "Sing with all the Saints in Glory". That's the time when The Holy Spirit comes in and makes us truly alive.
Jesus, through His Spirit, is asking us. He is knocking on the door and asking us if we will drink from His cup... if we are willing to take and use all that He gives us. Are you willing to be crucified with Him? There have been many times when I haven't. But willingness starts with Him. It starts by knowing His goodness and beginning to die to self. Every time we die to our sinful desires, we become more like Him. When we become more like Him, He always comes to comfort us.
There is a point when we become wired with the Life of God. There is a point when He gives us a type of Life that overcomes any problems on this earth. "Life to the fullest" can and does overcome our sins, our selfishness, and our sicknesses. If we are crucified with Him, then He can give us a taste of Glory on this earth. Then we can experience His power and might and glory, and then we can give it all back to Him. Are we willing to carry that cross?
"Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8:17
"I want to know Christ--yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead." Philippians 3:10-11
If we are willing to carry our cross, if we are willing for our flesh to be crucified, that's when we receive His Glory. That's when we receive power. That's when we can "Sing with all the Saints in Glory". That's the time when The Holy Spirit comes in and makes us truly alive.
Jesus, through His Spirit, is asking us. He is knocking on the door and asking us if we will drink from His cup... if we are willing to take and use all that He gives us. Are you willing to be crucified with Him? There have been many times when I haven't. But willingness starts with Him. It starts by knowing His goodness and beginning to die to self. Every time we die to our sinful desires, we become more like Him. When we become more like Him, He always comes to comfort us.
There is a point when we become wired with the Life of God. There is a point when He gives us a type of Life that overcomes any problems on this earth. "Life to the fullest" can and does overcome our sins, our selfishness, and our sicknesses. If we are crucified with Him, then He can give us a taste of Glory on this earth. Then we can experience His power and might and glory, and then we can give it all back to Him. Are we willing to carry that cross?
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