What Are We Missing?

We put no confidence in human effort.
Instead, we boast about what Christ Jesus has done for us.
Philippians 3:3b (NLT)

There is freedom found in this passage of Scripture, in this Greater Truth, and many of us are missing it. In realizing we are "helpless to save ourselves" (LB), we can then redirect our attention to the only One who can save us, the Lord Jesus Christ. In that act of surrender, we are set free from the burden of impossible tasks. Jesus takes them from us and enables us to not just survive the greatest trials of our lives but to come out on the other side of them thriving, totally alive and living in all the Promises of God.

If we will not be obedient, and in that disobedience refuse to surrender to our Maker, then we will miss the greatest work of God in our lives, the crucifixion of our flesh and the resurrection of God’s Spirit becoming so alive in us that no lie from the enemy can overcome the Truth that fills our very soul. When we do not surrender, we live in places of doubt and fear and questioning. We will end up dwelling in those places and experiencing unnecessary anguish.

Most of us are missing the spiritual life we have been offered by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. How many of us live in turmoil every day? How many of us lose sleep at night with all the thoughts that keep running through our minds when we need to be getting some rest? How many of us would give anything to just have some peace of mind? Well our Father says, "His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:7 NLT) If we are missing that, where can we find it? It’s in Prayer! In abandoning ourselves to Him in prayer, we will find the peace we so long for.

You see, this is not all there is, Jesus is coming back!! "And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere." (Phil. 3:20-21 NLT)

If we would only plug into the power of the Holy Spirit that lives within us as believers, our lives would so drastically change for the better we could scarcely contain our joy! It’s time to find what we have been missing! It’s time for believers to stop feeling so beaten down, so exhausted, so worn thin from the world we live in, and to live in the light we’ve been given—to hold tightly to it and not let it be stolen from us by the lies of the enemy.

Many of us are still missing the privilege that Jesus died to give us, being welcomed into the very presence of God! We end up struggling with the challenges of the Christian faith, and life in general, without experiencing the blessings that come when we realize and utilize the power of the Holy Spirit that lives within. If we won’t rest in the arms of Jesus, we will never rest at all.

"God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts..." Gal. 4:6 (NLT)