Walking As One with the Father and the Son

John 14:20

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

Let us give full consideration to this passage which teaches us about our rightful place in the supernatural union with the Father and the Son.  We share in this miraculous union through our saving relationship with Jesus Christ.  Through this union, we partake in the same nature, the same perfections and the same glory as the Father and the Son.  

Let us also give full consideration to how this supernatural miracle should affect our lives.  As new men and women in Christ, the world should be able to see us in union with our Savior.  We should become identified by our obedience to God's commandments and the fruit that we bear from His callings.  Our lives should become expressions of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that have been given to us through our union with Christ - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  In everything we do, we should share the perfect love and forgiveness that we received from the Father through the Son.  

At the same time, let us give full consideration to the supernatural reality that all that we see that is good that is being manifested in our lives is being worked out through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit.  Let us humbly recognize with absolute certainty that there is no possibility that our lives are the result of our own inherent holiness.  

Let us celebrate the union that we enjoy with the Father and the Son through the redemptive work of Our Savior.  Let us embrace the work of the Holy Spirit as He directs us on our path of sanctification.  Let us share the joy of our spirit filled lives with the world around us. 

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for sending Your Son Jesus to be Our Savior.  We rejoice in our new lives that we take on when we receive and accept the redemptive work of the Cross.  We pray, Father, that we may be emancipated completely from the darkness in our old lives.  May we walk in the fullness of the union of the Father and the Son as we surrender to the work of the Holy Spirit.  We ask all these things in the name of the One who sits at the right hand of the Father, Jesus Christ.