The Spirit of God testifies to and confirms the simple, but
almighty, security of the life that “is hidden with Christ in God.” Paul
continually brought this out in his New Testament letters. We talk as
if living a sanctified life were the most uncertain and insecure thing
we could do. Yet it is the most secure thing possible, because it has
Almighty God in and behind it. The most dangerous and unsure thing is to
try to live without God. For one who is born again, it is easier to
live in a right-standing relationship with God than it is to go wrong,
provided we heed God’s warnings and “walk in the light” (1 John 1:7).
When we think of being delivered from sin, being “filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18),
and “walk[ing] in the light,” we picture the peak of a great mountain.
We see it as very high and wonderful, but we say, “Oh, I could never
live up there!” However, when we do get there through God’s grace, we
find it is not a mountain peak at all, but a plateau with plenty of room
to live and to grow. “You enlarged my path under me, so my feet did not
slip” (Psalm 18:36).
When you really see Jesus, I defy you to doubt Him. If you see Him when He says, “Let not your heart be troubled . . .” (John 14:27),
I defy you to worry. It is virtually impossible to doubt when He is
there. Every time you are in personal contact with Jesus, His words are
real to you. “My peace I give to you . . .” (John 14:27)—
a peace which brings an unconstrained confidence and covers you
completely, from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. “. . .
your life is hidden with Christ in God,” and the peace of Jesus Christ
that cannot be disturbed has been imparted to you.
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