He who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.—1 Corinthians 6:17
We must realize that we start with facts and not with feelings. The fact is, because Christ’s Spirit and my spirit are one spirit, I am already intimate with Christ and Christ is already intimate with me. We must learn to respond properly to that positional fact so that our practice mirrors our position. In light of the fact of our position in Christ we don’t need to wake up this morning and say, “I’m going to try to be intimate with Christ today,” but “I am already intimate with Christ today, and by moment-by-moment acts of faith I’ll practice that reality. I’ll live and act each moment like it is true.”—Chip Kirk
Fifteen pounds per square inch of air pressure are now pressing on my body. I do not feel that pressure nor do I have to work up the faith to believe that there are 15 pounds per square inch of air pressure so that I can breathe. I could try to hold my breath until I felt that pressure, but that would be both ridiculous and futile. So, I simply breathe. Moment-by-moment I practice the presence of air as a matter of fact, and I breathe and, subsequently, experience life. —Chip Kirk |
