The Search for Significance

Summarizing the Search 113
other things enter in and choke the word,
and it becomes unfruitful"
(Mark 4:18-19).
We need to focus on the forgiveness we have
received and reject the deception and worldly desires
that choke out the word of life. We must base
our lives on God's Word and allow His character
to be reproduced within us by the power of His
Spirit:
"And those are the ones on whom the
seed was sown on the good soil;
and they
hear the word and accept it, and bear
fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred-fold''
(Mark 4:20).
The moment we trust Christ, we are given
"everything pertaining to life and godliness" (II
Peter 1:2-4). Immediately we become His sons and
daughters, with all the provisions He has graciously
given us. As we allow Him to reign over
the affairs of our lives, He transforms our values,
attitudes, and behavior so that we are able to glorify
Him more and more. Of course, we are still
chained to a mortal body, but we are reborn in
righteousness and holiness of the truth. We have
within us the Christ who has authority over Satan.
Christ has triumphed over him by the power of
His death to pay for sin and His resurrection to
give new life (Colossians 2:15).
Now redeemed, we can only be denied our
rightful purpose to rule in life if we continue to
be deceived by Satan. If we fail to recognize our
true position of sonship and let our new power
and authority go unused, we will remain mired in
the world's system. Satan's lies and schemes are
designed to keep us from recognizing and experiencing
these wonderful truths.