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are by nature and to be totally dependent on the One that lives in
us. “As the Father sent Me, I send you.” That’s the exchanged
life. He still lives but He now lives to continue His journey. Now
that He has a new body, by your permission, He can continue the
journey.

He said, “Greater things I’ll do now.” When He was on
earth in His incarnate body, He was limited. If He was in
Jerusalem, He wasn’t in Bethany. If He was in Bethany, He
wasn’t in Jericho. If He was in Jericho, He wasn’t in Samaria.
But now He has a new body. He’s in the United States. He’s in
Africa. He’s in China. He’s in France. He now lives and He can
do greater things because He has a new body!

I once heard a story of a missionary girl and God revealed
to her this life that He wants to live in her. She got all excited
and wanted to give a testimony but she was nervous. So, she had
trouble getting the words out correctly. Here’s what she wanted
to say, “Let Christ have His way in your life.” Here’s what she
did say, “Let Christ have His life in your way.” What she said
was much better than what she intended to say!

It’s possible that somebody in this room; you might be
thirty, forty, fifty, sixty years old and you have never lived as
God intended you to live. You haven’t understood what Jesus
modeled in His example for living. He said, “I make no decisions
on My own. I have no private will. I don’t seek my own honor.
I don’t do anything unless He does it in me. I don’t say anything
unless it’s through Him.” Have you even begun to taste the
exchanged life? He wants to live again as your substitute. As He
once died in your place, He now wants to live in your place. He’s
still on the journey. He has not yet saved the world and He wants
to do it in and through us. May God help us to live as God
intended man to live!

Our Heavenly Father, we thank You so much for Your
word, not what we think it might mean but all that You have
inspired it to mean. Work that in our hearts we pray and thank