"For in all this our good Lord shewed His own Son and Adam but one Man.
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 51)
We can tend to think of ourselves as separate from Christ, estranged from Christ, far from Christ, needing to move closer to Christ. But according to God we are always found in Christ. He sees humanity and Christ as One Man, a single person before Him. We are one with Christ. We are one body of Christ, with Christ as the Head. There is no estrangement, there is no separation. There is only union. There is only oneness. There is only one. I am never alone in anything I face. I have never gone through anything alone in my life. I cannot sin my way out of Christ. I cannot fall out of Him. I am one with Him. My existence is wrapped up in Him. We are joined and united, we are one. Christ the Head of humanity takes care of His own body. The church father Gregory of Nyssa wrote, "Now the body of Christ, as I have often said, is the whole of humanity." There is one humanity, the humanity of Christ, and we partake in that humanity. There is one true human, Christ, and we are parts of that human. There is one human nature, and our human nature is sourced in that nature. Christ and Adam (humanity) are One Man!
"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."
1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV)
A Prayer: Let me never think of myself apart from You!