Christ my very peace is

F. In His Being
a Delight to God
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We may experience Christ also in His being a delight to God. The Lord Jesus was always a delight to God. On two occasions a voice from the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I delight” (Matt. 3:17 ; 17:5). If we today live a life of Christ as our burnt offering, we too shall be a delight to God.

Paul experienced Christ in this way. In Galatians 1:10 he says, “For am I now persuading men or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a slave of Christ. ” Paul lived a life which was a repetition of Christ’s life, pleasing God all the time. His life, therefore, was a delight to God.

We may think that Paul was extraordinary, that his living was incomparable, and that his standard is too high for us. Yet Paul told us to be imitators of him (1 Cor. 4:16 ; 11:1). Paul was the same as we are. He was a human being, he was part of the old creation, and he lived in the flesh. Whether we imitate Paul in being a delight to God depends on whether we live or Christ lives in us. If we are the ones living, we cannot be a delight to God. But if we let Christ live for us and if we live by Christ and even live Christ, our life will surely be a delight to God. Whenever our life is a delight to God, we shall have within us a deep sense regarding this. We shall know that we are living a life which is a Life-study of Leviticusrepetition of the life of Christ and which is a delight to God.

Life-study of Leviticus

Message 9 (LSM)

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God

Matthew 5:9

Absolutely wonderful, deep and rich of experience hymn. Love to sing it again and again.

Following the Spirit
living in the Lord
Life He both supply me
And His peace afford!