One of our main efforts as a Christian must be directed toward inviting the Presence of the Lord into every thought we think, every motivation, every word, every action, every plan, every objective. At first the pressures of life make such practicing of the Presence of the Lord quite difficult. As we make the effort to bring Christ into all we are and do it becomes easier—a habit that grows to great strength.

We need to meditate continually on the following concepts:

The forming of Christ in us.

Living by Christ's Life.

Christ working with us in ministry.

Praying to the Father and Christ in Heaven.

Christ in and with us bearing a true and faithful witness of the Father.

When we are born of God we enter the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of God enters us. The Kingdom of God is God in Christ in us.

After we are born again of Christ, the gifts and ministries given by the Holy Spirit travail so what has been born in us will grow until it fills every area of our personality.

When one plants grass and waters the grass seed, the weed seeds in the soil will spring up before the grass does. The gardener must keep on removing the weeds, meanwhile fertilizing and watering the grass seed.

This process must be repeated until the grass becomes mature. Once a thick turf of grass has formed the weeds become much fewer and are dealt with easily.

The Apostle Paul travailed for the believers in Galatia who were undecided about their relationship to the Law of Moses. Paul knew when Christ became strong in them they would not be nearly as susceptible to error (the weeds would become fewer and could be dealt with easily).

The Seed of God, of Christ, has been born in each believer. Now we must make sure that the things of this world, the lusts of our flesh, our personal ambitions, and other factors and pressures do not succeed in crowding out and killing the newly planted Seed. If we keep on confessing our sins, as the Holy Spirit guides us, and allow the Spirit to water and fertilize the new Seed, Christ in us will become so strong we will not be deceived easily.

As we keep the commandments of Christ, the Father loves us and the Father and the Son come to dwell in us for eternity. God sends many tribulations upon us for the purpose of weakening and finally slaying our adamic nature. The weakness of our adamic nature causes us to depend on the strength of Christ until we can say with Paul:

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

To be continued.