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Hidden in Christ
"If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory." Col 3:1-4
"Your life is hidden with Christ in God." Christ is our entire life. When once we realize this, certain forms of doubt and perplexity vanish forever! If we set our affection on things above, those perplexities will never trouble us any more because we know the Lord Jesus, and he is not distracted by these present perplexities.
The things that are obscure to the natural man becomes clear to the penetration of the mind that sets itself on the things above. Such a one does not pretend not to have doubts; we know that he has not got them. He is not a stoical cam. The reason is that he has been living for a long time in Colossians 3; the entire life is hid with Christ in God! The whole set of the mind is on the things above, and the things on earth are transfigured.
Thank God that the almighty power of Jesus Christ is for us. All power is vested in Him in heaven and on earth and He says, "Lo, I am with you always." All the power of the deity of Christ is ours through His resurrection.
