“I IN THEM!”

 John 17:22-26                            (ESV)

“22 The glory that YOU have given ME I have given to them, that they may be one even as WE are ONE,

23 I in them and YOU in ME, that they may become perfectly one, SO THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME AND LOVED THEM EVEN AS YOU LOVED ME.

24 FATHER, I desire that they also, whom YOU have given ME, may be with ME where I am, to see MY GLORY that YOU have given ME because YOU loved ME before the foundation of the world.

25 O righteous FATHER, EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW YOU, I know YOU, and these know that YOU have sent ME.

26 I made known to them YOUR NAME, and I will continue to make it known, THAT THE LOVE WITH WHICH YOU HAVE LOVED ME MAY BE IN THEM, AND “I IN THEM”."”

It is IMPOSSIBLE to be IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST while simultaneously while living in FEAR!  If we are the bride of CHRIST and have THE SPIRIT OF THE CREATOR living inside us, how can we be AFRAID of anything?  Colossians 1:15-20 says JESUS was before ALL THINGS which were created by HIM and for HIM!  When we allow something or someone that JESUS has CREATED to be used to infiltrate and control our minds with FEAR, we are exhibiting a belief that GOD may not be able to conquer something that HE has created????

Ephesians 6:12 says “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places”!  “The enemy” can be manifested in several ways, even though fellow Believers!  Peter was used to show this in Matthew 16:23 when JESUS said “Get behind ME, Satan! You are a hindrance to ME. For you are not SETTING YOUR MIND on the things of GOD, but on the things of man."”

How many times have I been guilty of SETTING MY MIND on the cares of “this world” instead of on WHO is living inside of me?!?  “I IN THEM” should be so tremendously evident in my life that Satan will flee (James 4:7) when I enter a room!  As Believers that JESUS and GOD ARE ONE (John10:30), it is our calling to display this TRUTH in our everyday testimony!  The Children of Israel were entrapped at the Red Sea and we know that GOD buried their enemy in the bottom of the sea.  But GOD could have caused an earthquake to fall onto the Egyptians!  Or GOD could have struck the Egyptians dead while they pursued the Israelites.   

When we allow our MINDS to try and figure out how GOD will deliver us, we are basically saying that our FAITH is limited to what “we think” GOD can accomplish.  GOD PROVIDED my beautiful, fantastic wife to me without me having a clue how HE WAS WORKING FOR MY GOOD! HE is NOT losing strength nor ability! By HIS WORD, the worlds were spoke into existence.  “I IN THEM” is living in me and my actions need to reflect that!  

HEAVENLY FATHER, make the TRUTH of “I IN THEM” evident in my actions FOR YOUR GLORY!!!