Absolute Loyalty

11/3/2020

Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”

On Sunday mornings, we often sing a song called “Christ Lives In Me”. It is a powerful reminder of how the Holy Spirit dwells within us, and it is a personal favorite of mine. It is also one that often breaks me down into tears because of the depth of love and mercy that I feel while singing it. It causes me to meditate on the truth of this verse, and if my life is a reflection of it. When others see me, do they see Jesus in me? Do I yield to Him in such a way that I am known as His, because I have died to self? Chambers puts it this way: “God may bring me up to the point three hundred and sixty-five times a year, but He cannot put me through it. It means the breaking of the husk of my individual independence of God, and the emancipating of my personality into oneness with Himself, not for my own ideas, but for absolute loyalty to Jesus.” Absolute loyalty!

If I am honest, I must admit that some of my loyalties still reside elsewhere. If this were not true, then I would be living for Jesus every minute of every day in a real and practical way. I would not struggle with outside sources that pull at and stress me. I would automatically release all of those issues over to Jesus. I would be reaching out to others in love and sharing the Good News of the Gospel with everyone in my life. I am certainly not proud of the fact that I fail in every one of these areas, but it is my truth. The more focused I am on prayer and marinating in God’s Word, however, the more I feel the draw of the Holy Spirit, and the more purposeful I become in my walk with Jesus. I still have an awfully long way to go, and I am so grateful that God never gives up on me. Chambers again writes with the strength and honesty that I need: “The passion of Christianity is that I deliberately sign away my own rights and become a bond-slave of Jesus Christ.” I should never be captive to anything or anyone other than my Lord. All of my loyalty should be absolutely His.  

Christ Lives In Me – Robbin Mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoZWRfXdh4w