A Christ-Centered Life

You have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him.

Ephesians 4:20-21

As Christians, we are no longer controlled by a self–centered mind; we learn from Christ. Christ thinks for us, acts through us, loves through us, feels through us, and serves through us. The lives we live are not ours but are Christ living in us (Gal 2:20). Philippians 2:5 says, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” An unsaved person walks in the vanity of his own mind, but a saved person walks according to the mind of Christ.

God has a plan for the universe, and as long as Christ is working in us, He’s working out a part of that plan through us. Paul noted that He “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Eph 3:20). Every day should be a fantastic adventure for us because we’re in the middle of God’s unfolding plan for the ages.

MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 177). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.

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