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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!

It’s possible that there is 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