The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe
“The Impossible, Made Possible”
“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love” (Ephesians 4:1-2).
The worthy walk of the believer involves steps of “lowliness and meekness… long-suffering… forbearing one another in love” that clearly reflect the One in whom we believe.
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:5-8).
In order to reflect, we must absorb. Christ must live in us, which He does in every believer (Romans 8:9). We must also walk in fellowship with our Lord, whereby the Light that shines upon and within us becomes the glory that glimmers by us. We do not become like Christ as a matter of mere imitation, which would must surely be realized as the most impossible of all endeavors we could ever undertake. “Walk, even as He walked” as a matter of emulation? (I John 2:6). Even a cursory reading of Scripture drives us to our knees and faces as we consider the infinitely sublime glory of the Lord Jesus regarding His character, nature, and way. Thus, His light must shine upon us, within us, and through us as a miracle of grace if we are to “walk as children of light”…
“Let us have grace, that we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear” (Ephesians 5:8; Hebrews 12:28).
Consider. We awoke this morning with the command of Scripture mandating that we live as Christ lived. The Spirit of God beckoned us to think, speak, act, and relate as did our wondrous Lord. Our only proper response must have been - whether physically, figuratively, or both - to fall to our knees in stark realization that we bear no capacity in and of ourselves to take even the first step of such a seemingly impossible journey. Indeed, the journey is literally impossible. Unless… unless the light of the Lord Jesus shines upon and within us to make possible our absorption and reflection. It does… “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). Thus, we arise from our knees in the faith and confidence that the worthy walk to which God calls us can be fulfilled because He has given to the perfectly worthy Spirit of His Son to dwell within us and shine through us (Galatians 4:6).
“Beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, we are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (II Corinthians 3:18).
Ever and always, the dynamic confession of the Christian declares, “I cannot… I can… through Christ!” (John 15:5; Philippians 4:13). No other hope exists for the worthy walk to which God calls us. No other is required. We awoke to this day with the highest calling imaginable beckoning us to a life only possible by the light of our Lord’s life shining upon us and within us. Absorb. Reflect. Walk worthy. This is the life of the believer, an impossible journey made possible by the life of the Lord Jesus as He fulfills His promise of grace…
“I will dwell in them and walk in them.”
(II Corinthians 6:16)
Weekly Memory Verse
And He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
(Matthew 13:58)
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