What do the Scriptures teach us about who we are in Christ? God made us, and we are His creation. As we listen to Him, we will become fully alive as a human being.
The greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our strength. But it starts with our heart, with our will, with what we want, our dreams, our desires. As we listen to what God wants for us (and He only wants the best for us), we become fully alive in Christ. When our attention drifts and we are enticed by worldly thoughts, we descend into much less than God’s best. So let’s begin this series by praying each day for God to cause a purification of our heart.
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.” Matthew 7:24-25 (NLT)
One of the roles of the Holy Spirit is bring conviction to our hearts and our minds, to show us “This is God; this is what He wants for you.” Enabled by God, we can receive that, or we can push it away. Let’s pray that God would turn us into the kind of people who build their lives on the solid rock of Jesus Christ and His teaching.
