Your Redeemer Lives!

Because the behaviour is so obvious. Because the wrong-doing sticks out so clearly. It is what masquerades the heart, the intentions, the desires, the true identity of a person.

Why, oh soul, do you fret about the outside doings, when all of the living is found inside?

Why does it bother you so when the body stumbles again and again, even though the inner core remains solid?

Why do you toss and turn over spilled milk, when your Redeemer wants to show you how He can fill your cup again and again? Because of the spill. Regardless of the spill. Because He loves you. Because He knows you need Him. He wants to fill your cup, to overflowing.

And in the filling we see how abundance can only come after spilled milk. True strength is only realized during the failing, after the stumbling. Because of the fall. True life is made possible only when it's the result of a bended knee and a submissive spirit. Because of the wrong choices. Because of the spilled milk.

Because that is when our eyes will look up to the only One Who is Faithful. Because that is when our eyes will see our own efforts for what they truly are - lifeless.

So, why do you toss and turn and fret, oh my soul. Why? Your Redeemer lives! There is no need to toss and turn. There is no need to fret. My Redeemer lives! He lives in me! Jesus Christ, my Strength and my Life, He lives! In me!

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"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20