Book 4 of Musings Living by the Life of God

The highest calling of the saint is to be the dwelling place of God, an inseparable part of God.

Little by little we become willing to forsake our first personality that we might live by the Life of God.

I realize I have written quite a bit about this topic. But then, these are musings that I am writing. So as the thoughts of the Lord come to me I am writing them down. Hopefully there will be something new for the reader.

My prayer is to be filled with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit-with the fullness of God. How about you-is that your prayer also?

I am not interested at all in preserving my old life. I know the Lord will crucify and raise again all that is worthy of my old personality, and remove all that is wicked. This is my desire.

You know, this is why the Lord said he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than the prophets of Israel. It is because when we are in the Kingdom of God we no longer are mere human beings. We are living by the Life of God, which makes us a higher form of human being.

How wonderful to be an integral part of God! We were chosen from the beginning of the world for this role. We are not of this world, as the Lord said. We are in the world but not of the world. God has chosen us out of the world that we might be a living stone in His great living temple.

We will be God's throne, God's chariot, for eternity. I am perfectly content with this role and desire nothing else. I am sure this is true of you also.

In the Father's house there are many dwelling places. The chief Cornerstone of God's house is the Lord Jesus Christ. When we become part of Christ we automatically are a living stone in God's House. We now are with Him where He eternally is-in the very Center of God's holy fire, Person, and will.

God's house is Mount Zion, referred to so often in the Book of Psalms.

Now here is a point you may not have considered, although I have spoken of it before.

Our place in God, and God in us, is eternal. This means it is independent of whether we are alive on the earth at the present time; in the spirit realm after we die; or in a new glorified body in the Day of Resurrection.

Think about that! Once we are established as the dwelling place of God we are home, with all that word means.

This is what the Lord Jesus meant when He declared that if we live and believe in Him we will never die.

Why will we never die? Because our conscious existence in Christ in God will never change. If we die tomorrow we still are the house of God. We still are God's chariot. We simply are not changed in any manner. As Jesus said, we never die.

I don't have any idea what it is like to die, where we go, who we will be with. Sometimes I think about lying on my back in a meadow (I love meadows) and just watching the clouds. I think God will grant me that when I die.

But this won't in any manner affect my conscious existence in Christ in God.

Let me explain. If it comes about that God will grant Audrey and me a little vacation, and we find ourselves somewhere where there is a meadow, we can pack a picnic lunch and just kick back and rest for awhile. But we still will have our conscious existence in Christ in God. Just because we are relaxing in a meadow does not mean we have changed our position in God.

Now let's say we die and God grants us a chance to lie back in a meadow in the spirit realm. (I sure hope there are meadows in the spirit world!) We still will have our conscious existence in Christ in God.

I know many saints have had near-death experiences and have seen mansions, park, rivers, and so forth. Even if these are true visions, and we are given a mansion, we still will have our conscious existence in Christ in God. Can you see that?

Now we come to the Day of Resurrection. Our flesh and bones are raised from their place of interment. Then our flesh and bones are clothed with a glorious robe from Heaven. We join in the cavalry charge of the Battle of Armageddon.

After the Antichrist and the False Prophet are thrown into the Lake of Fire, we go up to Jerusalem to see the coronation of Jesus Christ as king on the Throne of David.

Then the Lord sends us out to a tribe of people somewhere to govern them for a thousand years.

Our position in Christ in God will not have changed in the smallest detail.

Now we can see what the Lord meant when He said, "Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

The Apostle John informed us that whoever does the will of God lives forever.

We can establish our eternal home today, if we so desire. We can decide to become the eternal dwelling place of God through Jesus Christ. If we follow through with this, then this is what we will become.

Whether we are alive on the earth, or in the spirit realm after death, or serving Christ in the coming age, we will always remain in God in Christ. The only change will be in our environment, which is not of the same importance as the fact that we are at home in Christ in God.

What a comforting thought!

Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. (John 6:57)

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3)Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; And whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26)