I've been chewing over Philemon verse 6 recently.

This verse says that we must share our faith so that we come into full understanding of what Christ has done for us.

Consider the impact of that. We share our faith with others - and we're not just talking about witnessing, but sharing why we have faith in Christ with others, Christians or non-Christians. When we share our faith, we come into fuller understanding of what Christ has done for us.

So, to increase my understanding, I need to share what I know now, and what Christ has done for me on the Cross.

This scripture is very true.

I shared with my church and in this blog about how my husband and I buried an argument in the Cross and we had instantaneous restoration of our relationship. A few days later I got more revelation on how the power of the Cross could work in the dysfunctional relationship patterns that I get enmeshed in.

So, to increase in your knowledge, share your faith with others - even if it's a friend, spouse, or in an email to someone you know. Share your faith and watch for an increase of understanding and revelation.

Further Revelation on Burying Things in the Cross

A friend of mine wrote a note on his Facebook page about how the Cross affects communication. After thinking about this and meditating on this recent revelation on how when you bury things in the Cross, they are really gone, I had an amazing revelation that the dysfunctional relationships that I have and that cause me to get in a spin from time to time can also be buried in the Cross!

As I shared this with my husband last night, he reminded me that if I chose to do that, that I must remember that I had to LEAVE those things there, too.

So, I am choosing to let the Cross have its supernatural way in my dysfunctional relationships that I cannot fix. I am burying the issues with those relationships in the Cross, deep in the Cross.

Bury It In The Cross

My husband and I had a huge argument one day. It started in the morning, and throughout the day the emails and texts to each other only made things worse. When we got home later that day, things between us continued to progress badly.

We continued throwing words at each other. I think we both wanted an end to the argument but neither of us wanted to admit they were wrong first. Maybe you have been there, where you realize that you are wrong, but you want the other party to give in first, andthen you’ll admit you’re wrong, too. Or maybe I’m the only immature one like this on the planet.

However, we kept saying the wrong things and the argument continued to escalate.

Finally my husband said out loud: “Father, help me end this.”

And then he said a phrase that totally changed the atmosphere: “Let’s bury this deep in the Cross.”

I agreed: “Yes!” and immediately whatever was there between us just vanished. Really, it completely and utterly vanished.

Now, I wish everything was great after that, but the next day, I recognized that I still had some “emotions” that were creeping back and thoughts that came back to my mind. I realized that I was behaving somewhat like a weaned child – remembering the past, and maybe a little hurt about what happened. You know how a child will sit there after some traumatic event, and even though they are fine, they are still going through a little quiet sobbing, stuttered breathing as they “come down” from the traumatic experience. That’s kind of how I felt. The argument was a bit traumatic, but the release when we just buried the whole argument in the Cross was bliss.

I went through a long period of wondering if what had happened was real or not. Some things that have finally convinced me that it was real:

As my pastor said one recently Sunday, we should not be governed by feelings. My feelings of being hurt did try to resurface, but I stood in the truth of the Cross, - that my old man IS dead, those hurt feelings could not continue on. They had no life in them and could not continue.

The realization of how I limited the work of the Cross by spending time wondering if this was "real" or not. It is an easy thing for Him to take this argument and obliterate it for time and eternity.

And lastly, I had no recollection of what the argument was about. Talk about amnesia! I honestly cannot remember the reasons for the argument. Even when I look back in my emails to my husband on that day – it’s like I’m reading something I didn’t write.

Isn't this just glorious?? It is for me, especially now that I am fully embracing it as TRUTH! The argument was buried in the Cross, and the work of the Cross is a completed work - not a some time in the future work... it's a work for NOW and for our daily mundane lives.

Plugging In

I had a vision recently. The church was in worship. Everyone had cords with a plug on the end. Some were plugging into a power source in the wall, and some were not. The cords that were plugged into a power source were glowing yellow. Those that were not were dull, lifeless and brown.

We all have a choice to make in our everyday lives, whether we plug into our source of power – the Lord – and choose to interact with Him or not. Some ways that we choose to interact:

• Engaging with the Word on a regular, preferably daily basis. Notice I didn’t say “reading” – reading and engaging are two different things. When you read the Word ask the Lord “What are the implications of this for my life?” Make it personal, ask Him questions and listen for His response.
• Engage with the Lord – have a dialogue with Him. Ask Him questions, seek His answers to your questions.
• Engage with the Body in unity. Be sure not to just go to church to check it off the list.
• Engage with others in the Body in unity – talk the Gospel to each other – not to try to save each other, but to build up each other in the message of the Cross.
• Engage with the Cross. What took place on the Cross 2000 years ago still has an effect on your life today. What effect is the Cross having on your life today? And if it’s not having an effect, ask the Lord to show you what effect the Cross is having in your life today.