When Christ has become the expression of our life, He will deliver us from all that is offensive to His grace. Our Joy is “shatter-proof” to all the pressures earth-life can apply because God’s Holy Spirit within is the source of our happiness, which no longer depends on earthly “happenings”, being fueled by His divine nature. Gentleness is our language and Kindness our speech as we grow ever richer in the experience of knowing and sharing Him. Tenderness becomes our cloak for the world to see, expressing an inner beauty that is Christ Himself shining forth in uncontainable diamond-like brilliance. Sacrificially, we overcome evil with the Goodness of a heart made generous by divine kneading. With trial tempered Patience we possess our souls, reciprocating Faithfulness to the always Faithful One, content in the knowledge that He “knows” and therefore knows best, bringing forth out of His goodness that which is truly and eternally best for us. We need not search for peace, for the Peace of God gushes forth from our secret place like a mighty spring flooding every aspect of our life. Our soul becomes a still pool of continual restfulness, a quite peaceful cove in the midst of life’s storms. In the grip of grace, Self-control becomes Spirit-led as we march in lockstep with the Father’s heart. But all this is only the lesser part, the product out flowing from beholding the truly indescribable love of our Father, and thereby becoming Love, becoming God’s heart, the life-giving oxygen of heaven lavishly poured through earthen vessels to a love starved, polluted world. Physically we are still here on planet earth, but what is that? Spiritually we are in the “Beloved”, in Christ, and enthroned with Him in the heavenlies. When Christ has become the expression of our life, He will deliver us from all that is offensive to His grace, enveloping us with the atmosphere of heaven, the fruit of the Spirit life within.
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