Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

LET IT GO

This is my life verse, so of course I picked it as the best verse in today’s reading. Lol. What you may not realize unless you read the whole second chapter, is this passage is part of Paul’s confrontation of Peter when he withdrew from the Gentiles after some Jewish brethren arrived on the scene. Paul is reminding him (and us) that our old manner of life was crucified with Christ and has no more power over us.

Hallelujah! What are you holding on to today? What former manner of life do you cling to? What is blocking you from letting Christ live in and through you?

TEACHING MOMENT

How do we teach this principle of the crucified life to our children? How can we show them what it means to die to self daily? One way! By doing it! Our children will see us when we selflessly give up things we may want for the things that are better. I don’t mean passing up the ice cream for a piece of fruit, but that would be a great analogy.

Our children must learn to forsake the immediate for the eternal. We have to show them, when we look at life through the eyes of Christ, we see things soooooooo differently. Things, even bad things, make sense. We trust the One who died for us so that He can live through our crucified lives. We live in a constantly trusting relationship because it is a life of faith. We trust the Unseen in order to see! We become blind to our own desires so we can finally see clearly.

It is not your life! Your life is His. Let Him live it through you.