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Your Real Life - Devotion


 Colossians 3:3 (NLT) - “… your real life is hidden with Christ in God.”

As Believers we are part of the Kingdom of God through our adoption into the family of God at the time of salvation. Romans 8:15 (NLT) states, “ So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you have received God’s Spirit when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call Him Abba Father.”

We are not spiritually orphaned, existing outside of God’s grace; we are adopted. Faith characterizes our position. Fear is the opposite of faith. This is why the enemy uses the crippling effects of fear as his hallmark temptation.

Terror is an obvious sign of fear, but fear has many disguises such as stress, worry, envy, jealously, and anger. It is rooted in false perception and exaggeration, something that is not real. Often what if statements cause my mind to travel down an anxious path. When this happens to me, I remind myself that fear is attributed to the enemy, and I do not have to fear anything because my Father will take care me; even in mistakes, He will forgive me and turn all things for my good.

I redirect my thinking from what is not real to what is real. The truth of God’s Word is real. The truth of God’s word is proven; He is my shield from the enemy (Psalm 18: 30). My real life is hidden with Christ in God. This is your real life too. Really!

Beth Bailey

www.sgphc.org

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