While praying in the shower last November with my eyes shut and seeking the face (presence) of Christ, it seemed as though I did see his face and the thought came to look into His eyes. What I saw in a nano-second glimpse along with some understanding in my mind was that it is the Love of Jesus that convicts of sin. When we have a glimpse of Jesus we want to be more like Him, we are moved to be like Him, we want to repent, we want to accept the right standing He freely gives so that we can be closer to Him. Truly, when we see Him as He is we are changed(1 Jn 3:2).
His Love draws us to Him. There is no fear. Perfect Love casts out all fear (1 Jn 4:18). He wants His absolute best for us. That is why He comes to us by the Holy Spirit to ever remind us of our righteousness in Him and to reveal to us that He has already given us His best.
My desire is to walk with Him. That desire is put there by Him because He wants me to walk with Him. Therefore with that desire comes the ever increasing desire to repent of anything and all things that would keep me from his side. Like Eve came from the side of Adam so out of His side we came (Jn 19:34) and to His side we belong, seated with Him in the Heavenlies (Eph 2:6), established in earth with His authority (Mt 28:18-20) to take back all that was stolen by satan.
This Love is different. He comes not this time with respect to sin (Heb 9:28) but unto deliverance out of the realm of darkness and into His Kingdom, His rule and reign, His dominion of Love. Here we learn that we must grow into that Love and we can know that we are growing if by any measure we are increasing in the knowledge of that Love, because nothing, absolutely nothing can keep us from His love (Rms 8:39).
Some guideposts, markers, measures along the way to our growing up in him are if we are: increasing in patience, kindness, gentleness, never seeking our own will in a matter, loving others and laying our soulish desires aside for others needs. Freely we’ve been given therefore we must also give. Being dead to self and alive to God we can hear His voice and do the works of God that have been prepared for us to do.
What then are the works we are to do? To know Him and the Son He sent and make them known. There it is. Simple as it seems there are plenty of trials, tribulations and enemies of God that stand in the way. Fear not! We’ve been given all authority in Christ to be who He purposed to be.
Can you too now say, "I am that I am in Christ?"
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