His Terms

The nature of our problem is that we work against God’s established order and desire our independence from Him. Ultimately we want to depend on ourselves while being independent from God. We have adopted Satan’s plan to be our own authority while seeking fulfillment in our physical life, quality of life, and even our eternal life. But still we are left incomplete. Our own desires block us from completeness in Christ.

BIBLE TRUTH

“For God in all his fullness
      was pleased to live in Christ,
and through him God reconciled
      everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
      by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault” (Col. 1:19–22 NLT).

HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO ME?
God’s design for life enables us on His terms. He requires brokenness, dependence, and obedience. Our eternal life begins at the point of salvation in a continuous relationship with God. As a result, our physical lives exist for God’s purposes. God gives us everything we need for experiencing an abundant quality of life. Are you willing to give up your willfulness for His purposes?

PRAYER
Lord, remind me that You long to be gracious to me. I don’t want to forget that You wait on high to have compassion on me. You are the God of justice. I desire to be blessed as I wait for You. (Isa. 30:18)


(excerpts from Desperate Dependency by J. Kirk & Melanie D. Lewis)