Change Your View
2Corinthians 3:4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God.
Philippians 4:7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
I’ve been thinking about this reality of through Christ lately and the Holy Spirit gave me some practical ways of looking at it.
One example involved my truck. When I need to get somewhere, I go out and get in my truck, and when I do, my view is altered. I no longer see myself as being so exposed to the things around me. It can be raining, but it doesn’t bother me any. It could be snowing, no problem. It can be windy and cold, but I do not fret about it. It can be an extremely hot sunny summer day with high humidty, no biggie.
The reason I do not fret about my circumstances while driving in my truck is because my view is changed by being in my truck and looking through the windshield of it.
I trust I will get to my destination able to do what my purpose was for going there in the first place. Not only that I get to where I am going much quicker when I am in my truck. If I were to say I can do this all on my own, I don’t need the assistance of this vehicle. Of course, that would be insane if I needed to make a long trip. Our journey in the Lord through our days here on earth is just that, a long trip.
Jesus wants us to learn how to do things and see things through Him. Our relationship with Him is meant to be personal, purposeful, and powerful.
Being in fellowship with Him to the degree that we begin to see things in the through Christ way produces fruit in our lives. It produces fruit in a more effortless manner.
In other words, we begin to rest in Him while moving forward in the things He has called us into.
These passages provided today are not fictional or hopeful; maybe they work, or maybe they don’t passages. They are factual, spiritual realities for every believer. God will uphold His end every time, and when we look through the view of through Christ we are able to experience what these passages are promising to us.
I encourage you to meditate on what it means to change your view and see life and situation from your position in Christ. If your view has been you, then change your view to Through Christ!
