One of my very favorite words in the English language is
“abide.” Learning how to abide in Christ is perhaps the foremost action
we can learn to live out. Andrew Murray, in his widely read book “Abide in
Christ,” describes it this way:
“Abiding in Him is not a work that we have to do as the
condition for enjoying salvation, but a consenting to let Him do all for us,
and in us, and through us. It is a work He does for us — the fruit and the
power of His redeeming love. Our part is simply to yield, to trust, and to wait
for what He has engaged to perform.”
While we are yielding, trusting, and abiding, God doesn’t want us to be doing this alone — far from it, sweet friend. Every year I pull out a purply-pink glass Christmas ornament. Some of the silver glitter, on the bottom half, has worn off through the years. When I gently unwrap it, I take a moment to cradle it in my hands. Bittersweet feelings bubble to the surface to interrupt my festive mood. It’s a push-me-pull-you mix of emotions. The words, written in silver Sharpie say, “Perseverance Posse – 2009.” Simply holding this ornament takes me back to the fragile woman whose husband had taken off and left her struggling to believe that God really loved her...
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