"FOUND IN HIM"

"And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.
Philippians 3:9

The song says. .
Up from the ashes, your love has brought us
Out of the darkness into the light
Lifting our sorrows, bearing our burdens, healing our hearts
Not having our own work or our own plans, but resting in the omnipotent of God.
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5).
To abide in Christ, to be "found in Him," what an incredible reality! This is our goal, our purpose, and God's ultimate purpose for us. Abiding in Him is the other side of being possessed by Spirit of God, the fruit of brokenness, say I'm moving forward, and the beauty of the Christ life. When He truly reign s as King in us in all things, then we we will always be "found in Him"
     Paul talked about being "found in Him" in Philippians 3:9 and he went on to say in verse 12, "Not I have already attained...but I press on." Scripture tells us that we are already in Christ, but Paul was going a step further by talking about the full appropriation if this reality in his life. He "pressed on" with all his heart,  and so must we,
     When we live fully in His plan and not our plans, His ideas and not our ideas, His thoughts and not our thoughts (Isaiah55:8-9). His work and not our own, then our lives are hidden in Christ because we have reached the point of brokenness. You must find this place if you really know that He Is there.
     Every day must be a step toward living in this place, being to take over, where your thoughts cease and He fills you with his thoughts. Your devotional time is not just an opportunity to give God your list of request, but rather a time of change and transformation, a time of surrender and becoming one with God. Each day, set yourself a specific time of total surrender, of seeking God to take over your thoughts, plans, dreams, vision, feeings in short, everything.
     This is yielding; this is possession. You must know, thought, that God will not take over your will and force you into this place. You never lose your will. Possession us when your will is daily given to Him so that you may enter his rest, "the secret place" and be found in Him."