Bible Reading: Isaiah 41-42; Colossians 1
“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:” – Colossians 1:27 KJV
One of the things the gospel does to you as a child of God is to give you hope. Through the gospel, you are assured of going to heaven and spending eternity with God The Almighty Father! The gospel also assures you of the victory and triumph of life over death in any situation. It does not matter where you are or what your experiences are before you became a child of God, the gospel of our Lord Jesus gives you a reason to live and believe for better things and new experiences!
You don’t have to go to heaven to be healed because there’s no sickness in heaven. You don’t have to go to heaven to be prosperous because the same resurrection life that raised Jesus from the dead is in you and that same life can turn anything around for your good! Apostle Paul speaking in Philippians 1:19-20 says, “For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, According to my earnest expectation and my hope, THAT IN NOTHING I SHALL BE ASHAMED, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.” The hope of the gospel is what removes every form of shame from your life! It doesn’t matter whether the situation looks terrible on the outside and the timelines elapse, you know that everything is working out in your favour so there is no need to be ashamed because you see victory and you always win.
When the resurrected Christ lives within your spirit man, you can expect your life to move from glory to glory! From beauty to beauty!
Christ in us is the reason we know that we will be better today than we were yesterday! It is the reason we can walk off the bed of sickness! It is the reason we can see all the visions and dreams that the Father has implanted in our hearts coming to pass. It is the reason we can dream again and expect good things to come out of negative situations because “we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28 (KJV)
This is the confidence with which you should face life every day because the Spirit of Christ lives you.
Prayer: Father, thank You for the Power of Christ at work in me.
Pastor Alfred Samuel