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It is critical to know that abiding is always right now, in our moments. Jesus said that "everyone who is born of the Spirit" is like "the wind" that "blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going" (John 3:8). You cannot store up wind, can you? You can only flow with it right now. If I took a box out on a windy day, held it open, let the wind blow into it, put the lid on the box and sealed it tightly, and then opened it later, would wind blow out of the box? Of course not, because that is not the nature of the wind. Neither is it the nature of the Spirit and our abiding in Jesus. We can only yield to Him in this moment right now; and then again in this moment, right now; and then again in this moment, right now; and then again in this moment, right now. We cannot change the past and we have no control over the future, but do we have right now to yield to the Life of God that is within us by faith in the Lord Jesus.
Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at his coming. (1 John 2:28)
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. (Gal. 2:20, et al.)
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