Jesus wrote on my heart and spoke clearly to me through a time of brokenness how HE is my companion. Well, let's add another attribute: He is a guide. He is THE guide. HE is the ONLY guide for my life and yours and that frees me up. As some know I cannot make decisions. I cannot decide what I want on the menu, what I want to do, or where I want to go. But maybe that's just because I was trusting myself to make the decision and not him. ANYTHING not done in faith is sin says Romans, and in everything we do we can either to through the life of Christ or our self strength, from typing on this computer to preaching the word. So i make (or should I say He makes) the decision believing that it's Him, this person that knows best and is trustworthy and that lives and dwells in me. Wow. Gosh, He is a real being and I can enjoy eternity today. 1 John 5 is an incredible chapter about Christ life. We so often think that eternity begins when we physically die, but NO! NO NO NO! It begins NOW with our spiritual death on the cross where we died with Christ. We died and were raised to NEW life in him. Our old life no longer exists, so His past becomes OUR past and His future is our future. He is not bound by time. We exist at the right hand of our Father in Christ where He is interceding for us. Notice He's seated, resting because the work is FINISHED! What would our lives be like if we always lived out of those truths?! Incredible. Susan wrote out this verse that I think enhances the idea:
"For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is
Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and
humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of
the contrite ones'" -Isaiah 57:15
This is Jesus! This is truth about him prophesied before he even came on earth but the cool thing about eternity is there is no time frame. Jesus created us knowing we would betray and hate and kill him, but he still loves us to die for us while we were still sinners, enemies of God, children of wrath, He RESCUED us. Because of CHRIST we have a revives spirit alive to him if we will humble/die to ourselves/GIVE UP and let Him live through us. He revives our hearts, that is he sanctifys us, frees us, and transforms us in His mercy and grace. That's what he does, in fact, that's WHO HE IS! Him alone! He alone can give us life. It's hit me like a ton of bricks. I pray it hits you too... only the Holy Spirit has the power to reveal it and I pray in His mercy that it will be so. AMEN!