Oh, dear friend, God's grace is sufficient
for your situation. He wants to carry the burden of living for you. Won't you
give up and let Him live through you? You don't need to wait for one single
thing to be added to who you already possess if you know Christ as Savior. Just
“take up your cross” and celebrate a good funeral for the “old man” He has
already executed for you and then celebrate the birth of the new, victorious
you who was born again in Christ (Ephesians 2:10) by beginning to live like who
you are, a person who is totally dependent upon Jesus.
Testing times will come, but the one who is
in charge of the “obstacle course” has designed it to motivate you to claim
Christ as your strength. He will not allow it to destroy you. The “course” is
specifically designed to conform you to the image of your lovely older Brother,
Jesus. Relax in it. Rest in it. Keep your mind on Him. Our moment- by-moment
battle is to fix in our minds that we are resting in heaven in Christ while
simultaneously setting our minds to move through our daily tasks, believing that
Christ is meeting them through us. We work at resting while we rest at working.
Bill Gillham
Lifetime Guarantee, Harvest House, 1993
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