My Oswald Chambers Today:
Sanctification - The mystery of sanctification is that the perfect qualities of Jesus Christ (Solus Christus) are imparted as a gift (Sola Gratia) to me, not gradually, but instantly once I enter by faith (Sola Fide) into the realization that He "Became for [me]...sanctification" (1 Corinthians 1:30). Sanctification means nothing less than the holiness of Jesus becoming mine and being exhibited in my life.
I added the Sola's because they always pop out to me now in scripture and thought. I could complete Oswald with: "Being exhibited in my life" for the Glory of God (Soli Deo Gloria).
What strikes me is: "...not gradually, but instantly once I enter by faith" I understand and accept instant sanctification and Jesus becoming mine instantly...where I fail is in having Jesus being exhibited in my life instantly. This for me has been gradual, a walk or at times a crawl. A childish fight to not be dragged into a certain area that I wish not to go. Like a child I want my desires to be met and as long as my Father's desires for me come into line with my own desires then no conflict arises. What often happens however is that God's desires are not my own. That's when the gradual comes in. I fight against Him, like a child instead of trusting in Him like an obedient child. Oswald understood this to be impossible. That Jesus would and should be exhibited in his life (and mine) instantly just as the holiness of Jesus becomes ours instantly.
"Lord I want to be your obedient child...please transform my desires to become your desires. Amen."
