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journey is to save others. He came to me to reach them. He
came to you to reach them. This is the exchanged life. He’s
still alive; it’s not you. He lives in you. John 17:22, “And the
glory which thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they
may be one, just as We are one. The glory that You gave Me,
to enable Me to live as a man, I now give to them.” John 20:21,
“Jesus therefore said to them again, ‘Peace be with you; as the
Father has sent Me, I also send you.’” John 6:57, “As the living
Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats
Me, he also shall live because of Me.” John 14:12, “Truly,
truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do
shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;
because I go to the Father.”
When Jesus came to live as God intended man to live,
He set aside Who He was by nature as God, and He said, “I will
never again grasp that.” And the Father said, “I will live in
You.” Our Lord Jesus set aside Who He was by nature and
depended on the Father to live through Him. He has called us
to set aside who we 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 had
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!
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