Christalis

UV 1277/10,000 “ Christalis”
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Galatians 6 v 15

Our pre-Christ life is a lot like a caterpillar. We have a ravenous appetite like the caterpillar and keep gorging on all that the world has to feed us. We enjoy the things that pander to our worldly lusts and we seek after pleasure and do not bother about the higher goals of life. Our world consists of our present need and its satisfaction. We are connected to the world with a hundred different limbs. We are in competition with others as we forage for our need. We desire to bloat and gloat as the fattest worm on the planet. Then, when we receive Jesus as our Saviour, we enter a Christalis not a chrysalis. While we are in the Christalis, He feeds us with hidden manna of His Word. He sustains us with His grace. We receive the anointing of Christ. Our old being is melted. It dies and a new creature emerges over time. We die to ourselves and our deceitful lusts and conceit. We live for Christ. We can fly on the wings of the Word and prayer into the very presence of God. When we bow down on our knees with our head on the floor we are actually taking the position of f oetus in its mother’s womb, a caterpillar in a chrysalis. “ It” becomes a new and living creature. Our circumstances do not matter any more. Our outer forms do not matter that much. Every crisis takes us back into the christalis to experience the power of His resurrection. When we pray, we are entering a christalis, not a chrysalis and we will emerge regardless of our circumstances with renewed faith, renewed love, renewed beauty, renewed hope, renewed wisdom, renewed strength and grace.

Our old ambitions of amassing wealth or becoming famous or powerful and important no longer attract our hearts and minds. What matters is a life of faith expressed in works of love. Our perspectives are changed. Our priorities are different. Our behavior is changed. Yes, we do have our struggles but our struggles are no longer with other people or with ourselves or with God. With God on our side, we can triumph in all our struggles. We do have threats and adversaries but we can be victorious over every threat and adversary. The shadow of Almighty God or His ever accompanying presence distinguishes us from all other creatures. He provides for us. He renews us and clothes us with His salvation.

We are butterflies not moths. We are to fly by day and rest by night. We are to cross pollinate with the message of hope from God the lives of all the people we encounter. We are to remind them that their lives are like grass and their acquisitions and accomplishments but fading flowers. Whom we do not impact with an exchange of words, feelings and thoughts, we will influence by our presence, our example and our testimonies. We are not dying creatures but living creatures destined to live and rule forever. We are symbols, metaphors and personification of the glory of God on earth.

Prateep V Philip