There are so many wonderful passages in the Scriptures of who Christ is to us. Just traveling through the Gospel of John gives us Jesus’ beautiful “I am …” declarations. “I am the Bread of Life.” “I am the Light of the World.” “I am the Gate.” “I am the Good Shepherd.” “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” “I am the Way, the Truth and the Light.”
I cling to those declarations, but the one I need to be reminded of most often flows from Paul’s pen in Colossians. “Christ, who is your life ….”
Christ is our life. It is so very important in this Christian walk to be surrendered to Christ fully. It is vital that we hold nothing back, retain nothing for ourselves, and leave no area outside the control of the Savior.
The enemy of our soul also knows how vital our surrender is and so seeks to undermine it every step of the way. He chips at it here and there, trying to draw our mind-set off Christ and put it back on ourselves. He does it with circumstances, with temptations, with the allure of the world or riches or pride. Sometimes he just seeks to exhaust us so that we become weak and tired. He introduces apathy, and even fatalism.
When those things happen, we must turn back and set our minds on things above. We must surrender to Christ, who is our life. I wish I could say this is a “once and done” but it is not. It requires heeding the Spirit’s warnings when He sees us drifting from our commitment, repenting, and re-affirming our commitment.
