The growing pains of a Christ follower!

“He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6

Jesus wants you to take your birthright seriously. He died to give you everlasting life.

There is no ending to the work of Christ for a believer living on earth. And, it can be very painful at times.

The perfecting work of Christ requires a believer to walk by faith and have an open heart to seek the will of God.

This begins with your decision for Christ which triggers the gift of salvation. This gift has to be worked out every day of your life on the journey to your final destination with God.

The salvation of God gives you a new birthright. You become a new creature in Christ Jesus born of the Water and Spirit. You are now entitled to all the promises of God.

Jesus takes on the task to refine you into His character. It is impossible for you to change from your natural condition (at birth) into the character of God. 

The Holy Spirit who is the life of Christ does the handiwork of God. He lives in you and is working at all times to teach you the values of Christ and to transform you into the likeness of Jesus. 

This deep surgical procedure covers your entire lifetime. The Cross causes you to die to self and live for Christ. At times, this creates pain and sorrow.

God engineers adversities and trials to demonstrate how weak and incapable you are of functioning without Him. 

God wants you to have a lifestyle of unyielding faith and total dependence on Him for your every need regardless of the circumstances in your life. 

Your new birthright was created to give you the ability to cease from striving and enter into the rest of God. This rest is the result of the work of Jesus on the Cross. 

You enter into this rest by faith and asking the Holy Spirit to empower you with the resurrected power of Christ to meet all the challenges in your life. 

He lives so you can live!