Living to the Lord for the Bountiful Supply
Second Corinthians 5:15 says Christians should “no longer live to themselves but to Him who died for them and has been raised.” To live to the Lord shows a close relationship; while we are living our being is toward the Lord; we are in His presence. If we are only living for the Lord we are probably apart from Him, even while doing something for Him.
Romans 14:8 is the same, “we live to the Lord.”
In our Christian life the center is the throne of God and of the Lamb. We are not here living for ourselves. We are living and existing for the accomplishment of God’s purpose….Therefore, we experience the One on the throne in His headship and lordship, and we submit ourselves to such an authority. In our daily life, in our family life, in our marriage life, in our business life, and in our church life the center must be God’s throne. Everything should be subjected to His headship.
All of us have experienced that whenever we would subject ourselves to this headship, we immediately sense something full of God’s riches flowing within us.*
When we are living to the Lord, sensing His guidance, we are supplied and at peace. This is portrayed by the river of water of life in New Jerusalem flowing out of the throne in Revelation 22.
It is also described as “the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ” in Philippians 1:19. At that time Paul was in prison in Rome but his living in the prison was to the Lord. Therefore he received the bountiful supply which is the Spirit who is not governed by outward circumstances.
* From chapter 38, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
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Posted by Don on May 31, 2023
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