The Spirit of Life

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2

Those who have been redeemed have entered into new life, in the Spirit, in Christ. The birth of a Saviour brought hope into a world of sin; the birth of pure innocence for a people steeped in ignorance. And the hope was this,

If Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. Romans 8:10

Life within us – not just the hope of eternal life yet to come but the joy of a hope realised in this very moment! For God, by His Spirit, gives life to our mortal bodies (verse 11), this body that we are currently walking about in. The only time we will have a mortal body is here and now, which tells us that the Spirit of Life is not a ‘has-been’ experience or a ‘will-be’ experience, but an ‘is-now’ experience. Jesus said, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10).

I think we are all guilty, from time to time, of not truly realising this fullness of life that dwells within us; I know I am. The world clambers on top of us with its fear and uncertainty and we allow ourselves to get dragged down into the miry clay, instead of reminding ourselves that the Lord has drawn us up and set our feet on the rock.

Praise God that He has given us the Spirit of Life, this wonderful, abundant life that flows within these mortal bodies, setting us free to experience the joy and hope that comes from being a child of God.