March
9
That you... may be able
to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and
height – to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be
filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:18,19)
The mark of a life
governed by the Holy Spirit is that such a life is continually and ever more
and more occupied with Christ, that Christ is becoming greater and greater as
time goes on. The effect of the Holy Spirit's work in us is to bring us to the
shore of a mighty ocean which reaches far, far beyond our range, and concerning
which we feel – Oh, the depths, the fullness, of Christ! If we live as long as
ever man lived, we shall still be only on the fringe of this vast fullness that
Christ is.
Now, that at once becomes
a challenge to us before we go any further. These are not just words. This is
not just rhetoric; this is truth. Let us ask our hearts at once: Is this true
in our case? Is this the kind of life that we know? Are we coming to despair on
this matter? That is to say, that we are glimpsing so much as signified by
Christ that we know we are beaten, that we are out of our depth, and will never
range all this. It is beyond us, far beyond us, and yet we are drawn on and
ever on. Is that true in your experience? That is the mark of a life governed
by the Holy Spirit. Christ becomes greater and greater as we go on. If that is
true, well, that is the way of Life. If ever you and I should come to a place
where we think we know, we have it all, we have attained, and from that point
things become static, we may take it that the Holy Spirit has ceased operations
and that life has become stultified.
By T. Austin-Sparks
from: The School of
Christ - Chapter 1
This photograph is from a Facebook page called Live Life in Color.
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