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Fellowship With Christ, January 27
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:9
.
The true Christian keeps the windows of the soul open heavenward.
He lives in fellowship with Christ. His will is conformed to the will of
Christ. His highest desire is to become more and more Christlike, that he
may say with Paul: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet
not I, but Christ liveth in me...” (
Galatians 2:20
).
Earnestly and untiringly we are to strive to reach God’s ideal for us.
Not as a penance are we to do this, but as the only means of gaining
true happiness. The only way to gain peace and joy is to have a living
connection with Him who gave His life for us, who died that we might
live, and who lives to unite His power with the efforts of those who are
striving to overcome.
Holiness is constant agreement with God. Shall we not strive to be
that which Christ so greatly desires us to be—Christians in deed and in
truth—that the world may see in our lives a revelation of the saving power
of truth? This world is our preparatory school. While here we shall meet
with trials and difficulties. Continually the enemy of God will seek to
draw us away from our allegiance. But while we cleave to Him who gave
Himself for us we are safe.
The whole world was gathered into the embrace of Christ. He died on
the cross to destroy him who had the power of death and to take away the
sin of every believing soul. He calls upon us to offer ourselves on the altar
of service, a living, consuming sacrifice. We are to make an unreserved
consecration to God of all that we have and are.
In this lower school of earth we are to learn the lessons that will prepare
us to enter the higher school, where our education will continue under
the personal instruction of Christ. Then He will open to us the meaning
of His word. Shall we not, in the few days of probation remaining to us,
act like men and women who are seeking for life in the kingdom of God,
even an eternity of bliss? We cannot afford to miss the privilege of seeing
Christ face to face and of hearing from His lips the story of redemption.
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