“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk ye in Him”
(Col. ii. 6).
Here is the very core of spiritual life. It is not a subjective state so
much as a life in the heart. Christ for us is the ground of our salvation
and the source of our justification; Christ in us of our sanctification.
When this becomes real, “Ye are dead”; your own condition, states and
resources are no longer counted upon any more than a dead man’s, but “your
life is hid with Christ in God.” It is not even always manifest to you. It
is hid and so wrapped up and enfolded in Him that only as you abide in Him
does it appear and abide. Nay, “Christ who is your life,” must Himself
ever maintain it, and be made unto you of God all you need. Therefore,
Christian life is not to come to Christ to save you, and then go on and
work out your sanctification yourself, but “as ye have received Christ
Jesus, the Lord, so to walk in Him,” just as dependent and as simply
trusting as for your pardon and salvation.
Ah friends, how much it would ease our tasks
For the day that’s just begun,
To live our life a step at a time
And our moments one by one.