Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
2 Corinthians 13:5 NIV
When we ask Jesus to come into our lives, He does just that. He tells us we are a new creation in Him. We are changed. It is written - 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Have you found that to be true?
Do you ever think about Jesus IN your heart? The work of salvation is all Him, but it doesn't stop there. Ephesians 3:17a reads, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. When company is coming to visit, boy, we clean and scrub and make things look good. Jesus doesn't want to be a guest in our hearts - just visiting us when we're available. He wants to DWELL in our hearts - to move in. To make Himself comfortable. To feel free to add His own touches,,, We know from having lived with family or roommates, visiting a place and moving in to live there are very different. Are we different? Is Jesus comfortable living IN us?
Prayer:
Father,
We pray Your Word - that out of Your glorious riches You will strengthen us all with power through Your Spirit in our inner being, so that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith. And we pray that being rooted and established in love, we may have power, together with all Your people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Your Son, Jesus Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of You. We want to pass the test. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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