Our life is a journey and the only way we can make it on this journey is to have a very close companion. This Sunday I was leading our church through Colossians 1:24-29 and the main focus was "Christ in you- our Hope and Glory."
Stuart Briscoe, author of What Works When Life Doesn't says once he went through four stages in coming to this understanding of the Christian life. When he first became a Christian he said, “Oh, this is easy! All I have to do is to repent and ask Jesus to come into my heart–no problem.” But then, as he began to learn what Jesus expected of him his second stage was, “Wow, this is difficult!” He found it wasn’t as easy as he first thought. Stage three was when he admitted, “This is impossible!” But after that confession, he discovered the secret of Christ in you–the hope of glory and stage four is, “This is exciting!” What stage are you in now?
I don't know what stage you are at right now, but I do know when you come to the point of giving it all to God, and I mean every thing, you experience the freedom of God being in control and not you. The journey of a Christian is never walked alone, but with a close companion. And to me that is the journey that I love to be on. Does that mean that there are no ups and downs, hardly, but when I face those ups and especially the downs, I don't face them alone. I face them with Christ in me, my Hope and Glory.
just thought's of a sinner on his journey,
peace, byron
