Resurrected and Living in the Lord!

What does it mean to walk by faith and not by sight. It means to be resurrected and living in the Lord Jesus Christ. It means that you no longer live in the flesh, you no longer pursue the flesh... you follow Him. Does that mean you stand around waiting to be directed, listening for a direct as in specific word? No, we are under a new covenant, when we need a word, we seek His word. Remember, being born again, we live under a new covenant in Jesus Christ... we walk by faith.

Being born again, we no longer live in the flesh and live in the Spirit. Therefore, wherever you/we go and whatever you/we do is with and for Him. Remember, this is a fallen world, there is no designed path (as in the right road as man would think it) here and now, there is no one way that a 'man/woman' can do if we alone know His supreme will here and now for us in this fallen world. But, born again, there is in us the desire to do His will. Thus, there is every way to do His will when you live for and in the Lord. The Kingdom is within! ..."Neither shall they say, See here! or, see there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you - American Standard" ~ Luke 17:21.

Yet, some still ask "What do we do living in the Lord Jesus Christ"? We rest in His Presence. Because, He is enough! By resting in Him, we don't pursue our own desires... saying, "I did it/ We did it, I/we made the right decision." By resting in the Lord, we give all Glory and Honor to Him for all that we do, for all that we are and all we have no matter where we are/go and who we meet and what we do. Of course, one can hear the comments... "Oh, does that mean if I steal or hurt someone, I am doing His will". No, remember that by resting in Him, we do not pursue our own desires, we do not pursue sin. It may happen that we do sin, but we do not seek it.

"All things are permissible, but not all things are beneficial" ~ 1COR 10:23.

What is His will for me/us? To rest in Him, to keep Him in one's heart, mind and soul. to seek His Word, to share His Word wherever, and with whoever wants to share in it.

He asks us to forgive those who come against us for resting in Him. For they know not what they do. Those people seek the world in their terms and in their way without resting in Him, without giving thanks and praise. And, there are those that think they do rest in Him by sitting at home or staying comfortably where they are waiting for direction, waiting for that special assignment. They don't realize that there is always a special assignment, there is always the best route in life because resting in Him is the best route. Because, His route for you/us is wherever we/you go and whatever you do when we/you live in the Lord Jesus Christ, it is His will that is done.

That is how/why He is the vine and we are the branches. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned" ~ John 15:4-6.

In this way, being the branches, we understand His will. Its a quantum application that only God can work in this corrupt world.

Remember, this is a fallen world. Yes, God has direction/plans for this fallen world and that is its destruction, its end. So that, He can bring the New Jerusalem. In this fallen world, there is no reason for specific direction whereby one must seek specific direction as to what we should do. If it were otherwise, waiting for His command as to what we should do, would not achieve His will being done through. Some can be instruments of the Holy Spirit given a dream or Word. 

What all are asked to do is to seek, and find ~ Matthew 7:7. We must step out in faith having the Kingdom within. The one absolute command God gave us was the a command - to Love Him with all our heart, soul and mind, and, to love our neighbor, do this and you will live ~ Luke 10:27. The command was not  "stay put until I tell you"! A command like that is not of God. We are His beloved, not His pawns.

If we as born again in Christ expected that kind of command, we would stagnate the spreading of the Gospel and His desired end of this fallen world and thus promote another kind of world that of doubt and fear filled people procrastinating in darkness. Hence, being born again we function in the light as His branches as would a super quantum computer where there is one truth and it is everywhere! We do not have to wait for specific direction, he has given us the freedom to embrace the Kingdom within and walk with it! 

...walk by faith and not by sight ~ 2 COR 5:7