God wants us to be actively passive.
How’s that for an oxymoron!
Critics of the Exchanged Life often accuse us of teaching passivity.
The Exchanged Life is not, “Let go, and let God.”
It is a mindset of acknowledging that without Jesus, I can do nothing and that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
What does this look like in real life?
A simple prayer of awareness, “Thank you, Jesus, for doing this through me.”
Appropriating Jesus’ power and life is all about setting our minds on the truth that He lives in our skin and therefore is supplying the life energy to do all things through us.
Jesus expresses Himself co-mingled with our personalities.
He does not usurp our will, nor do we sit down until He moves us.
No, we actively engage our environment with the awareness of His life flowing in us and through us.
This is how Jesus lived and engaged people.
The Father, through the Holy Spirit, led Jesus and empowered Him as He expressed the Father in all that He did from the mundane tasks of carpentry to the three short years of ministry.
Beloved, Jesus so loves us that He wants to be our power source for all things from the mundane to the spiritual.
When I teach these truths to my clients, I challenge them to start in the simple things, like household chores, by saying, “Thank You, Jesus, for doing this through me.”
Then, when the harder things come along, we will more likely acknowledge Him in those things as well.
So, start acknowledging Jesus in the simple things this week. As you do, you will start remembering to thank Him in the harder things too.
Blessings!
Robyn