Trying To Live My Life With The SCAS Turned Off

My Utmost For His Highest

 

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me… —Galatians 2:20

 

“These words mean the breaking and collapse of my independence brought about by my own hands, and the surrendering of my life to the supremacy of the Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, I must do it myself. […] Has that breaking of my independence come? All the rest is religious fraud. The one point to decide is— will I give up? Will I surrender to Jesus Christ, placing no conditions whatsoever as to how the brokenness will come? […] When I reach that point, immediately the reality of the supernatural identification with Jesus Christ takes place. And the witness of the Spirit of God is unmistakable— “I have been crucified with Christ….” The passion of Christianity comes from deliberately signing away my own rights and becoming a bondservant of Jesus Christ.”  CHAMBERS

 

The Cobra Helicopter was designed with something called a Stability Control Augmentation System (SCAS).  You don’t have an appreciation for what it does for you until it is turned off.  Without SCAS the helicopter is difficult to control, impossible for some.  If you fly without it for any time you will wear yourself out trying to keep the helicopter stable. But when it is engaged, controlling the helicopter is a breeze in comparison.  So what does that have to do with this devotion?  As Christians, we often try to live our lives with our “SCAS” turned off.  We try to live a stabilized life in our own strength. But, “this life that we now live in the flesh we live by faith … in the One who gave Himself up for [us]”.  Life is difficult, but it is so much more difficult when we try to live it in our own strength. If you try, you are going to wear yourself out … but then you already know that, don’t you.  ELGIN