“He who establishes us with you in Christ
and has anointed us is God.”
-2 CORINTHIANS 1:21
If we have Him then we have everything that is in Him already. If only we can get less of everything else, there will be more of
Him revealed! With less of me there will be more of Him.
Jesus
said that “only One Thing is needed,” but like Martha, we have become
troubled over “many things” (Luke 10:40-42). When those many things are
discarded, and we are decreased, then we are free to focus our attention
on the One Thing that really matters, and Christ is increased in us.
This is why we say that spiritual growth is not more knowledge or
increase of years; it is simply
more of Him and less of me. He increases as I am decreased. This is what
it means to be a disciple. This is how Christ becomes preeminent over
us individually. It does not happen all at once, but over the process of
many temptations, tests, trials, and a fair amount of suffering. I call
it being reduced to Christ.
Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
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