Being finished with ourselves - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.
Galatians 2:20

Being finished with ourselves
Many Christians enjoy thinking poorly of themselves and also speaking of themselves in this way. However those who have finished with themselves rejoice that they no longer have to think of or talk about themselves at all. They only want to be filled with Christ and look to Him in faith. It is their hearts’ desire to think and live as the Lord Jesus thought and lived.

When we have sinned, however, it is necessary for us to occupy ourselves with ourselves. The Holy Spirit must then draw our attention to the wrongdoing we have committed so that we can recognise it, condemn it and confess it. But this is not the state God desires a believer to be in.

As soon as the clouded relationship with our God and Father is restored through our self-judgment and confession, the Holy Spirit wants to magnify Christ in us. He desires to fill our hearts with the glory of the Lord Jesus. For this purpose, He uses the Word of God, which shows us in many ways how great and glorious our Saviour and Lord is.

This occupation with Christ has a positive effect on our attitude and behaviour: “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18).

Today’s reading: Ezra 7:19-28 · Proverbs 8:1-9