HE FOUND YOU

He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. 

(John15:5)

When shall we know He is there? When we are "found in Him" (Philippian 3:9), not having our own work or our own plans, but resting in the omnipotent plan of God. 

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 the Spirit of God, the fruit of brokenness, another beauty of the Christlife. When He truly reigns as King in us in all things, then we will always be "found in Him." 

Paul talked about being "found in Him" in Philippian 3:9, and he went on to say in verse 12, "Not that i have already attained,...but I press on." The Scripture tells us that we are already in Christ, but Paul was going a step further by talking about the full appropriation  of this reality in his life. He "pressed on" with all his heart, and so must we. 

One of your constant themes is the hidden  life, a life "hidden with Christ."  For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Colossian 3:3). It is a life in "the secret place of the Most High" (Psalm91:1), so that we might say with the psalmist,  "You are my hiding place" (Psalm 32:7).

When we live fully in His plan and not our plans His ideas and not our ideas, His thoughts and not our thoughts

( see Isaiah 55:8-9), 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 want to be used of God. When you do, you will really know that He is there.

Every day must be a step toward living in this  place, being "found in Him," where your mind stops and His mind begins 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 times of total surrender,  of seeking God to take over your thoughts, plans dreams, visions feelings 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 is when your will is daily given to Him so that you may enter "the secret place" and be "found in Him."