What does it means to Have Our Being in Him? If we look up the word "Have" in the dictionary this is the meaning it gives us: To catch a hold of, own, to be the possessor of a quality or character, to be in a specified personal relationship to, experience and be effected by something.
Now let's dig a little deeper and find out what the word "Being" means: The essential nature or character of a living thing, especially one conceived of as supernatural and is the existence and the substance or essence of a person or thing. (remember these words)
So how can we "Have our Being" in Him and what does that consist of? We have to possess a personal, intimate relationship with Him and contained within that relationship has to be the very substance and essence of Christ. Because that, that we have in Him is essential ( which means is necessary and is of the highest importance and of perfect form or embodiment of) our very existence spiritually.
A good example of this would be if you think of a single egg. We know an egg has a yoke and within this yoke lays the germ or what science calls a germ spot that's about the size of a pin head. The germ, which is within the egg yoke, if fertilized and if kept under suitable conditions develops into an embryo and that embryo totally relies on the yoke for nourishment to grow.
You see, that embryo is representative of our spirit man that relates to God and effects our relationship with Him. Just as the embryo in an egg depends on the yoke to grow and develop, so are we dependent on the Holy Spirit to draw us deeper into Him, to nourish and heal our mind, body, soul and heart and to reveal to us the revelation of God word. Our spiritual growth and our relationship with God will develop to its fullest potential and the intimacy with Him will be a normal natural experience once we allow the Holy Spirit to come in and do His work.
Without the Holy Spirit in our lives we cease to be full and alive in Christ, because He is the substance and the essence of God that has been deposited into our hearts through faith as Ephesians 3:17, 18 & 19 tell us:
Verse 17: May Christ through your faith (actually) dwell (settle) down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love.
Verse 18: That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints (God's devoted people, the experience of that love) what is the breadth and length and height and depth (0f it);
Verse 19: That you may really come to know (practically, through experience for yourselves) the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge (without experience); that you may be filled (through all your being) unto all the fullness of God (may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself)! If that's not Intimacy In Him then what is?
Earlier I mentioned that He is the Substance which is: The material of which a thing is made. And what is this in us? It is the fullness and the power of God that works in us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And also He is the Essence which is: The most significant part of a persons nature. So what is the essence of God? HIS LOVE!
If a person doesn't have the Holy Spirit in their lives, they are only a shell of a person that is void, empty and lifeless.
In Colossians 2: 6,7 it says:
Verse 6: As you have therefore received Christ even Jesus the Lord, so walk, regulate your lives and conduct yourselves in union with and conformity to Him.
Verse 7: Have the roots of your being firmly and deeply planted (built up) in Him, fixed and founded in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving.
So if we have our "Being In Him" we are in "Union with Him" means: We are allowing the Holy Spirit to adjust us, lead us, manage our lives and we are in total unity to, harmony and agreement with God and with His word just as Christ is.
To sum it all up when we are "In Him" we learn to:
a. Dwell in Him
b. Rest in Him
c. Abide in His Love
d. We are united to Him as a branch is to a vine
And when we learn to "Live In Him" we live:
a. In the Spirit
b. We have Spiritual and Emotional Intimacy with Him and those we love
We learn to "Move In Him":
a. We move out of fear and we move into peace.
b. We move out of defeat and despair and we move into faith.
c. We move out of complaining and doubt so we can move into trust and rest in
God's promises.
And when we "Have our Being In Him":
a. We have our substance, which is the fullness, the power of God working in us by the Holy Spirit and the essence of Christ which is His love.
b. We have total unity, harmony and are in agreement with God and His word.
c. Our roots (foundations) are firmly and deeply planted and anchored in Him.
Beloved in closing, I want to encourage you to seek Him, so that you may know Him and to listen that you may hear Him.....because there is a sound that is coming from heaven that we haven't heard and a song that we haven't sang. It's the sound of Heaven calling you to go higher...to dig deeper..... and go wider and remove the restrains of the flesh and come away with Him. It's a sound of war that is bring peace....it's a sound of power that will bring strength...... and a sound of judgement that will bring an alignment to those who have fallen from grace. Lift up your heads for salvation comes from the Lord and this is the day for salvation that brings deliverance, healing, soundness, forgiveness, regeneration, sanctification, joy and peace to His people. He hasn't forgotten you nor has He abandoned you but has allowed you to go through this season for His purpose and for His plan...every man's way is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weights the hearts and this is a heart issue with God. He sees what's lacking and says He will supply.....and the longing in your heart will be satisfied with His love and peace.....and the grace will be there for the task that lies ahead.
Blessings,
Elma Garlock
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