In Him we live

…in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' – Acts 17.28

Paul was on at roll at Mars Hill. His message was powerful and to the point. 'The Unknown God is the creator of the world and everything in it. He made all the world of one blood so that we are all the same. He is not far off but is right there waiting for us to call on Him.'

Then Paul goes further to set God apart. It is in Him and Him alone that we live and move and have our being.

What does that mean? It means that all we have is because of our God.

Though the special Father/child relationship is reserved for those who truly become the children of God by faith in Christ there is a sense where all men are the natural offspring of God by virtue of creation. Paul was appealing to something his hearers knew in order to introduce them to Christ.

But there is also a lesson for us. We need to remember that everything we have or do in this life is because The Lord allows us to have it. This also means that we can be assured that we can depend on Him.

What a blessing to know that we do not live or move or have our being in ourselves for we would surely mess it all up. We do that whenever we try it on our own.

But when we live and move and have our being in Him we can never fail.