God’s desire is that you would become united with Him.

God’s desire is that you would become united with Him. You are to dwell in Him and He in you. Fellowship means to partnership and communion. God desires that your heart becomes one with His heart.  Many receive Jesus into their heart and then go on with their lives instead of living in His life. Some wear Jesus as a good luck charm and only commune with Him when they have a need or an emergency. But Jesus desires you to live in more than just a part of your heart. He desires to fill your heart and your entire being. He desires to have His hand in your hand and His feet in your feet so that you will go and do what He desires. Jesus says, “I am the vine, you are the branch. He who abides (lives and remains) in Me, and I in you, you will bear much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Only what you do in Christ has eternal value.

Living in Christ is where you are transformed into a new person. Therefore, if you are in Christ, you are a new creation; old things must pass away; behold, all things will become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17) The revelation of being in Christ changes your concept of who you are. It is in Christ where His personality is united with your personality and you take on a new personality. You become a new person with a new attitude, new behaviors, new likes, and dislikes. You do not really know who you are until you see yourself in Christ, because your life is hidden in Him. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:2-3)

Living in God is living in His love. Jesus says, “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” (John 15:9-11) You live and remain in God’s love by following the commands that Jesus gives you. All of God’s commands have to do with love, loving God and loving others. When you are walking in God’s love, following His commands, His joy is manifested in your heart. You then do His commands with pleasure because there is no greater joy than the joy that comes from expressing love. For this is the love of God, that you keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3-4) You do God’s commandments because you love Him, if His commandments are burdensome then your relationship with God is not in love, you are not living in Him. You are commanded to love God with all of your heart and other people as your self. This is the first commandment. And the second, love your neighbor as yourself. ‘There is no other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:30-31) When you are living in true love you are living in God.

Take an honest look deep inside your heart to see what changes need to be made for the sake of your relationship with God.