Union with God

...but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20.

In order to really love someone, we need to feel close to them. By the very nature of what it is, love seeks union - oneness. Many divorces could be avoided if the couples would understand and apply this. But the same thing is true of our relationship with God. A close, intimate, personal relationship is good, but it's not the best. In such a relationship, each party maintains his or her own selfish interests. In marriages, this can still lead to problems just as it can in our Christian walk.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me (John 15:4).

Jesus is united with the Father so that They are One. He also unites with us if we let Him. At this point, we realize nothing we do in this life has anything of lasting value, except what we do with Him, in Him, and for Him. The most important part of Christianity is our relationship with the Lord. God created us for that relationship and to glorify Him. Our Christian service should stem from our love for and union with Him. This is truly the abundant life.

Be still and know that I am God... (Psalm 46:10).

In union, we become so attached that life without Him would be impossible. We need Him more than shelter, food, water, or air to breath. Without Him, we would lose ourselves in the mundane things of earthly nothingness. Death has no threat, because it means that we go to be with Him forever. None of this is difficult, however, because this is what the Lord desires for us. We simply have to want it, too, and give ourselves to Him.

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breath, and length, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:17-19).

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