Romans 8:11

Romans 8:11 “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

As we grow in Christ, it seems difficult to realize all that God has done for us. We have forgiveness of sins through the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and this is no small gift. We are eternally secure in God’s love as we grow in His grace. The Word declares that by His stripes we are healed, so that means that we have healing through the stripes of beating that Jesus took.

Jesus emptied Himself of all His deity, and took on the form of man. He was just like us except He was 100% God and 100% man. When Jesus emptied Himself, He emptied Himself of all of His God powers. Well then, how did He do all the healings and miracles, you might say. He did it by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God, and this scripture says that God lives in us by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus had an intimate relationship with the Father, and Jesus only did and said what the Father was doing and saying. He walked in obedience to the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is our example. We are to be like Jesus.

As we live our lives, we have a lot of distractions. We are burdened by cares of the world, our needs, brokenness that needs healing, deliverance that needs to be embraced, and abundant life to be enjoyed. So how can we be like Jesus? By faith, believing the scripture above. The Holy Spirit abides in you and me. Therefore our lives should read like one of the gospels. We are human, we do deal with our sin nature, but we are to recon it dead. We are to live only to God, so that we can fulfill His will and purposes here on earth. His kingdom come, His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. It’s our calling and anointing and equipping with Holy Spirit power that enables us to bring His kingdom here on earth. We have the power. This cannot be done aside from intimate relationship with the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit will enable us to enjoy intimate relationship with the Father and as we know Him, we will do and say what He is doing and saying. It sounds simple but we must embrace the truth that will free us, be filled with the Spirit that enables us, and we will fulfill His purposes in life and walk in the abundant life God desires to give us.

So will you embrace the intimate relationship that God has purposed and desires for us to have? He has provided everything we need, we only need to take the time and set our priorities. Let’s enjoy our Heavenly Father as we grow in Him.

I’m walking close to the Father and believing for even more of His life pouring through me. I have high expectations of even more of His life pouring through you too.
Pastor Darrell