Christ, who is our life

'Christ, who is our life'

— Colossians 3:4

Christ is the source of a believer’s life. We have no life towards God by nature. By nature we were born in spiritual death (Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:1-3). All spiritual life comes from Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ comes into the graveyard of fallen humanity and gives life to whom he will (John 5:21,24-25).

Christ is the sum and substance of the believer’s life. He is not just an important part of our lives. The Lord Jesus Christ is our life! He lives in us, and we live in him! Spiritual life is a mystery. I cannot begin to explain the life of a believer. All I can say is ‘Christ is our life.’ ‘Christ in you’ is spiritual life. It is the life of Christ created in a man by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Christ is the sustenance of a believer’s life. Just as your physical life is maintained by food and drink, the believer’s life is maintained and sustained by daily feeding upon the life and death of Christ by faith (John 6:50-57).

Christ is the solace of a believer’s life. There are times in the believer’s life when the only comfort and consolation we have is Christ. And he is all the comfort we need. How sweet the solace of his presence!

Christ is the standard of a believer’s life. Christ himself is the standard by which God’s children live in this world. He is the example we follow. He teaches us how to love, how to forgive, how to suffer, how to bear reproach, how to pray and how to honor God. We strive in all things to walk in his steps.

Christ is the security of a believer’s life. ‘Your life is hid with Christ in God.’ If Christ is my life, then my life is secure. Nothing can harm me until Christ is dethroned; and that cannot happen. Since Christ is my life, I must live.

And Christ is the satisfaction of a believer’s life. Because Christ is my life, I can never be satisfied with this world, or with life in this world. My life will only be satisfied when I behold his face in righteousness and awake in his likeness (Ps. 17:15).