Daily Word

Paul compares the human spirit with the Spirit of God. There is knowledge—an intimate knowing—present in both.

Full self-knowledge exists within the spirit of the born-again human being, and perfect knowledge of God exists within the Spirit of God.

When the full and the perfect are united—spirit with Spirit—there emerges the most beautiful and powerful thing imaginable on this earth: a whole and complete person—a human being who knows who he/she truly is at the deepest level, and, at the same time, who God truly is!

God and humanity in union—this is God’s eternal purpose.

It was fully and completely realized in the God-man, Jesus Christ.

What did the people around Him see?

“Glory!”—the dignity and beauty of a whole and complete person—the most powerful and beautiful thing imaginable on this fallen earth—and the kind of beings who will one day inhabit the new earth.

We are all meant to be like that!

”That which is born of the flesh is flesh – that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

Jesus came to turn “flesh” into “spirit” – what an unfathomable transformation!

What an unbeatable combination: God’s almighty, all-knowing Spirit joined with the human spirit—the divine formula for invincibility!

“Veni, vidi, vici” — “I came, I saw, I conquered!” — exclaimed the Roman commander Julius Caesar, after securing a swift and decisive victory over an enemy army in 47 BC.

Actually, these words are far better suited to the Great Commander and Victor, Jesus Christ.

Once this divine union of spirits is fully established within you and me, we, too, become such victors!

”Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place.”