Hiding in the Shadows

 (Photo credit: "It's tough being born in the shadow of greatness" -www.hobodrifter.com)

 "Stay focused on what’s above, not on earthly things, because your old life is dead and gone. Your new life is now hidden, enmeshed with the Anointed who is in God." (Colossians 3:2-3, The Voice)

Sometimes I think we miss the truth that a personal relationship with Christ is not about making our lives better. It is about making our lives NEW. "Your old life is dead and gone. Your new life is now hidden, enmeshed with the Anointed".

In his classic devotional, My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers says, “We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life 'hidden with Christ in God' in our everyday human conditions."

I believe that the ultimate purpose of the Christian life is to display the character of Christ in every action, every word, every attitude. That means that I am always living in His shadow.

What can you do today that people might see His life displayed in you?

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I wrote another post on this topic on my Life Matters blog on February 1, 2011.  You can check it out here.