Staying grounded in Christ

Good morning all you beautiful children of the King, something I discussed with my wife last night, I'd like to share here. Finding our identity in Christ and being grounded in Him as our Way, Truth, and Life! Consider a chart, like a sales chart, you have a base line and a separate line that moves in an upward or downward direction away from that base. And we know, that life can resemble something more like an EKG reading, where that line goes up and down, because well life is full of ups and downs. But the one constant in that, is that center base line. It stays the same, it's constant, never changing. That's Jesus. When the line is moving upwards away from the base, it's a reminder that when life is going good, we need to be humble so our successes and blessings don't pull us into pride, away from the grace of God. When that line starts to drop and pull us down away from Christ, it's a reminder to humble ourselves and seek His face. That as He humbled himself in suffering, we too can find joy in our trials, knowing that the testing of our faith produces perseverance. "For God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." Just to find strength in the anchor of our soul, who never changes and never fails. He alone is worthy and whether things are going well, or whether things are going rather poorly, if we are anchored in Him, neither will pull us away from Him. As He said [paraphrase] "The storm comes for everyone, those who hear my word and do it, will stand for they are grounded on the Rock! Those who do not obey, will suffer loss for they were grounded on sand."