Where focus goes, energy flows. -Tony Robbins
But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. –1 Corinthians 6:17
A few years ago, we had freezing temps in North Texas for 10 days straight (infrequent here!), and a pipe in a wall of our home burst, flooding our living room.
As water poured out, I could have spent my time trying to clean it up, which would have never ended. Or, I could have turned the water off at the source and then opened the wall to find and fix the leak.
We chose the latter and later learned through our plumber that this particular pipe had never been properly insulated during the home's construction.
No outward work works
This incident illustrates how many of us approach life: We try external fixes for things that require an internal focus. But no amount of external effort for an internal solution ever works.
Eventually, the soul must turn inward to the spirit and let union in Christ be the focus, not an external problem. That’s because our union in Christ, in spirit, is the reality of who we are, “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” (I Corinthians 6:17). Not because we said a prayer or were baptized, or tried harder to be “good.”
Christ’s completed work does work
God’s work in Christ is a completed work of grace. Grace beyond our attempts to do anything for Him. We’ve always been, and always will be, included in that completed work, which is our union in Christ.
And there, in God's unconditional love, comes the awareness of all you are in this moment, in victory, sufficiency, and completeness in Christ.
Not trying, but done.
Not doing, but rest.
Not becoming, but I AM.