Redeemed and Transformed

April 20

The eternal, almighty, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent God has invested Himself in us. That bears repeating: The eternal, almighty, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent God has INVESTED HIMSELF IN US! Our bodies are temples of His Holy Spirit. He dwells within each believer (I Corinthians 3:16).

With His presence comes the promise of His power in our prayers. We must stand on the authority of the One who dwells within us when we lay hold on the promises He has assured us are ours. We are not to be driven by fluctuating circumstances like tumultuous waves of the sea that are driven by adverse wind.

We are to stand fast on His revealed TRUTH and proclaim and appropriate all that He has said is ours. Yet, though we walk in the power of who He is, we must remember that the power is not of us. II Corinthians 4:7 says, “We have this treasure in clay jars so that the extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.”

We must not become haughty in the gift of Himself with which He has filled and blessed our lives. We must not become vain in our own conceit. We must remember who we are, from what He has redeemed us, how He has transformed us and that the glorious transition that has occurred is because of Him, not because of ourselves. That amazing investment overshadows us wondrously!