In Christ alone

I woke up four days ago with the same unanswered question I face most mornings, asking myself, what does it mean to have a full grasp of being in Christ alone?

I can’t claim that I’ve been doing a great job staying in Christ, but I can surely say that this theory has been and is my heart’s desire for this year,

not that I will get it all at the end of the year, but even learning an inch more than I know now would be a privilege for my relationship with Christ and wouldn't settle for anything less, not most but all aspects of my life is found and defined me being in him, and him alone.

being in Christ for me can be a boundary of both thin and thick walls, a thin line in a way that anyone can enter into the realm and enjoy the privileges offered by Christ, all it takes is believing and admitting ones sin and that Christ is the only answer to the torment of guilt. Romans 10:9. The process doesn’t take special classes, skill or rare abilities that few possess, but an open humble heart willing to face the weakness and imperfection of its weakness. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23.

Being in Christ as a boundary of thick wall, I view it in a way that "once in, never out",

And you were also included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal of the promised Holy Spirit, who is the deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession- Ephesians I: 13-14

And

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?.... For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35, 38.

Am sure of days when all is good with my soul, when I can’t wait to wake up the next morning to enjoy an intimate relationship with God, I go through the day wearing a smile showing a reflection of the state of my heart. And the trust and confidence that comes with the package, those days when I feel alive because I can feel the manifestation of his presence, giving me no chance of doubt,

But what do I do when my communication line with God is disconnected, (not by sin but by His divine will, Isaiah 45:15) when I no longer hear him, I have come to know that my friendship with God is in most cases driven by feelings, I come to trust that he’s with me when I worship and see his eyes open at my praise, when his spirit helps me understand my morning devotion and when my prayers are a sweet aroma and with all being well.

But this is not all year round, I can’t mention how many times I’ve thought God abandoned me just because I don’t feel His presence, the more I’ve got myself in this situation, the more I’ve come to learn that my friendship with God should not be built on feelings that change like Uganda temperature but should rather be built on a firm foundation of trust that remains strong despite the shaking earthquake. God’s presence and manifestation of His presence are two different experiences, one is a fact and the other is a feeling, am so caught up in feelings that I miss the facts of his being and nature.  He wants us to feel Him, but He is more concerned that we trust Him than feeling Him.

So how do I praise Him when I cannot understand what is going on around me?

How do I stay connected to Him in a crisis without communication?

And how do I look to Jesus when there are tears in my eyes?

Like Job, God remained silent for 37 chapters of the book, am sure if his relationship was built on good feelings, Job would have doubted Gods goodness when his skill turned into a playground for the flies. Trust is what kept Job in Christ(God), that despite the affliction and God’s silence, he was still inside those thick impenetrable walls that are never loosened by sin and affliction, connected to the source he was.

I started on this in Christ journey, with desire and passion I will pursue it until it leads me to understanding Him more than I do now because my livelihood, productivity and fruitfulness is tied up in me being in Christ, otherwise I might as well be a dry stamp in the middle of a busy road tripping those who come my way. 

by: kiggundu wilson