but Christ lives in me.”
The word from the Holy Spirit today is correlating (coming together) with God which is defined as a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another. Or, in the words of the Holy Spirit you become cross-pollenated with Christ.
This act of coming together causes changes in God and in the life of a believer.
The synergy between man and God creates combustion which leads to change.
The combustion is the work of the Holy Spirit to baptize you into the death and resurrected life of Christ.
God never changes His mind about biblical principles and He is without sin. He is a perfect God. But He does change in how He interacts with a believer.
As a believer you become born again and enter into the process of transformation into a new creature in Christ. Your thinking patterns and values change.
God engineers changes or trials in your life designed to cause you to die to self and live for Him. The changes can relate to your employment, relationships with family or friends, or your economic conditions.
Correlating with God begins with the seriousness of your decision to live for Christ. God looks at your motives and thinking patterns to evaluate self seeking behaviors or a genuine desire to pursue the will of God.
Correlating with God is abandoning yourself to the Living Christ. You make a heart decision to live by this precept: “Not my will but yours be done”. This will create significant changes in your life.
Correlating with God is walking by faith and yielding to the Holy Spirit. You seek the will of God for your life through prayer, meditating on the Word, and listening for the voice of God.
God wants your undivided loyalty to Him and will go to extreme and sometimes drastic measures to get your attention and compliance to His instructions.
Walking with God has nothing to do with religion, keeping laws, or attempting to do works for God. The works will come out of your faith and obedience to God. Works begin with God not man.
Correlating with God is committing your works each day to God and inviting the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life.
The Cross is a pattern of suffering and learning obedience to God. Jesus takes you on a journey to be a light for Him and draw those around you to the gift of salvation.
The goal of Christ is to create a broken and humble believer with a zealous desire to live for God.
Hal Hollister Ministry 