Walking By Faith

Major W. Ian Thomas

How do you walk by faith?  By exposing every new situation to the Lord Jesus who, as God, lives in you through the Holy Spirit... The Lord Jesus claims the use of your body, your whole being, your complete personality, so that as you give yourself to Him... He may give Himself to you... that all your activity as a human being on earth may be His activity in and through you; so that every step you take, every word you speak, everything you do, everything you are, may be an expression of the Son of God living in you... You discover that the Life you possess as a born-again Christian is "of Him, through Him, and to Him" every moment you are here on earth. You may be thinking, "If such a life is totally of Him, through Him, and to Him, then where do I come in?"  You do not.  That is just where you go out!  That is what Paul meant when he said, "For me, to live is Christ" (Philippians 1:21). God credits only one Person with the right to live in you, and He is Jesus Christ; so reckon yourself to be dead to all that you are apart from all that Christ is... It is for you to be.  It is for Him to act.  Rest in Him... Why do so few Christians enjoy this miraculous resurrection Life?  Mostly because they are educated out of it.  They are taught to repudiate the indwelling presence of a risen Lord, and instead they are told to do their best for Jesus, to emulate His example, to flex their own spiritual muscles, to stand up and be counted, to clench their fist and throw out their chest.  They are taught everything except to repent and to recognize that you and I were created to be inhabited by our Maker.  They are taught to beg and say "Please" instead of saying "Thank You" as they relax and rest in Christ.