“And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15
Here Paul is opening up another aspect of our inward posture in the Christian life. We are to the Lord. We are toward Him. That is our inward posture. Let me give an illustration. This life is like going to a boys’ ranch, where you report to the director, and the director checks you in. Then he tells you, “You are going to be here for some time, and I am not going to give you a list of do’s and don’ts. I want you to stay with me instead. I want you to be with me wherever I go. Every moment of the day, I will tell you what to do. You will not have a relationship with a schedule or a written program. You will have a relationship with me.”
The Lord has come into us, not to be cheated by our religious living, but to be our source. He wants us to live moment by moment to Him. That means your eyes are looking at His eyes. You are looking at His face. Is He smiling? Is He happy in what you are saying right now, in how you are carrying on? Is He happy with your habits of life? Are you to Him? Are you willing to gather up your whole life and prove what is well pleasing to Him? Do you dare take every part of your life and live to Him? What about your relationship with others in the world? Can you prove that it is well pleasing to Him? What about your dress? How do you clothe yourself? Do you live somewhat naked? Can you prove yourself to be well pleasing in what you wear? Do you have a consciousness of what pleases Him in your dress? First Corinthians 10:31 says, “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” Eating and drinking is to be done out of the source of God. I am to eat to God. I am to drink to God. I am to dress to God. I am to talk to God. I am to Him. He is my source. This is the life that springs from within.