(What if you believe you have to do something to “break through” into Christian maturity, but God knows He’s already accomplished it for you? How can you live by faith when you’re wrong? Here’s the truth that will encourage you!)

What do you think of the term, “dependence upon God”? Is it important to you and your Christian life? Has anyone ever urged you to “give up your independence from God so you can become dependent upon Him”? If so, you’ve been urged to do something you cannot do. It’s impossible. But if you try anyway, you’ll be magnificently frustrated in judging your own level, your own quality of success, because independence from God is an illusion for the Christian. An impossibility!

You will never be independent from Him in any way—not for one moment—since He lives in you and you live in Him—forever together, united. One in the Spirit of God, One in the body of Christ Himself. You know, God. What you want is to believe you are not independent and never will be, and to enjoy and trust in that new life, that new existence with the Spirit. Hooray! He did it! And He’s going to wake you up to it every day. He’ll be saying in effect to you, “We’re together! Let’s go, into our day together!”

1 Corinthians 6:17 Whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

See you later.