Christ lives in us from the moment we were saved, however, His desire is to form in us in a definite way. Day after day we need to give Christ the opportunity to form in us. As we do so, Christ can fully express Himself through us in our daily lives.
Ephesians 3:14 “may he grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 so that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; and that rooted and grounded in love,
When we believed in Christ, he came to live in our spirit that is the deepest part of our being. However, Christ also wants to make His home in the remainder of our inner being: that is, our hearts and souls. Because Christ lives in our spirit, He becomes the new origin of our new life.
18 be able to understand with all the saints what is the width, length, height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled to the full extent of God's fullness. ".—
However, our soul — mind, emotion and will — still has the opportunity to ignore Christ as our new origin and move on as we have done so far. In this case, Christ is in us, but in a limited way, because he only has access to our spirit. So you can't express yourself much through us. The Lord Jesus wishes to make His home not only in our spirit, but in all parts of our soul.
20 And to him who is mighty to do everything much more abundantly than we ask or understand [q], according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus for all generations, by The centuries of the centuries. Amen.
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