Of God I am in Christ, created anew, made a branch of the Vine, fitted for fruit bearing. Would to God that believers cease looking most at their old natures and complaining of their weakness as if God called them to what they were not fitted for! If only they would believingly and joyfully accept the wondrous revelation of how God, in uniting them to Christ, has made Himself chargeable for their spiritual growth and fruitfulness! How all sickly hesitancy and sloth would disappear, and under the influence of this mighty motive- the faith in the faithfulness of Him of whom they are in Christ- their whole nature would rise to accept and fulfill their glorious destiny!
O my soul, yield yourself to the mighty to the mighty influence of this word: " Of ( God) are Ye in Christ Jesus"! It is the same God through whom Christ is made all that He is for us, through whom we also are in Christ, and will most surely be made what we must be in Him. Take to meditate and to worship until the light that comes from the throne of God has shone into you and you have seen your Union to Christ as indeed the work of His Almighty Father. Take time, day after day, and in your entire religious life, with all it has of claims and duties, of needs and wishes, let God be everything . See Jesus as He speaks to you, " A ide in me" ( John15.4), pointing upward and saying, " My Father is the husband an." Of Him you are in Me, and to Him and to His glory will be the fruit you bear." And let your answer be, "Amen, Lord! So be it." From eternity, Christ and I were ordained for each other; inseparably we belong to each other. It is God's will; I will abide in Christ. It is through God alone that I am in Christ Jesus.
~ Andrew Murray in Abide in Christ~
What an encouragement of faith in God in Christ Jesus!
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking into Jesus, the author and finisher of our fath...Amen! So be it.
