October 30, 2009

” … until Christ’s life becomes visible in your lives? ” Galatians 4:19 The Message

How do you know God is pursuing you …?

Because Jesus started a prayer that the Father is answering in your life this very moment … shaping you into the image of the Son … shaping your heart and mind into the same heart and mind that Jesus has with His Father … shaping your life from weightless-wanderers into Son-weighted Followers. Only God can take all the pieces of your life .. everything that you were born with .. everything that went into shaping your life .. and everything you’ve tried to shape on your own .. and lovingly work the life of Christ through your life so that He becomes visible in you. The cross nailed everything you were born with … the grave buried everything that went into you from the outside … and the resurrection life of Jesus gives you a new life in Christ. Jesus prayed perfectly .. and exactly what you could never pray: a life that is filled with the fullness and presence of Jesus. Jesus prayed that you would have the life He has with his Father .. the same life!! And God is pursuing you today with an immeasurable and inexhaustible patience so that you will know .. believe .. and rest in the Perfectly-Answered-Prayer of Jesus .. prayed for you .. and prayed for everyone who loves and trusts the Risen One. It only took Jesus a moment to pray for you. It only takes a moment for you to open your heart and mind to his perfect prayer …

” The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind — Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, So they might be one heart and mind with us. Then the world might believe that you, in fact sent me. The same glory you gave me, I gave them, So they’ll be as unified and together as we are — I in them and you in me.” John 17:21-22 The Message

Ken Chester: Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to Christ-Formed Followers and friends of Priority One (ken@priorityone.org)