When God Says …
“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” (John 15:11 NIV).
Complete joy, that is Christ Jesus in us! This is the brand of joy that flows from God through and within us. This joy does not depend on event and circumstance. This stems from our being, flowing through the vine into our system as the branch that's firmly connected with Christ Jesus by faith. This joy is the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22). It arises by drawing our vital life force from Him.
The passages we've already been through in these reflections, talked about abiding in Christ. In John 6:56, the Lord Jesus tells the Jews in the synagogue that those who eat His flesh and drink His blood remain or abide in Him, and Him in them. This refers to the “living water” analogy that the Lord used with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:10. He is telling us of the gravity of abiding in His holy and written Words.
We abide in Christ Jesus resting in His grace by faith. As born again children of God, attached to the vine, the life we now live is in the Son of God, as Apostle Paul testified: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20 ESV).
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.
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