Dying to Self
By chelseyhall | Leave A Comment

The above verse really speaks to my heart. In doing further study on what it means to be filled with the fullness of God, it is this:

“to be so strong spiritually, so completed by divine love, that one is totally dominated by the Lord with nothing left of self.”

Wow! What a goal to strive towards, and how extremely far I am from this thought. But, truly, I know this is what I should strive for day in and day out and most days the effort is made. How incredible would it be to know that when someone looked at me, it wasn’t “Chelsey,” but Christ that was shining through. Am I letting Christ be fully glorified by dying DAILY to self? I wish, in my heart of hearts, the answer was a resounding YES! But, I fail miserably day by day. Still, I press on towards the goal knowing that even though my best is only filthy rags in comparison, that He who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it!

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:14-20