Who's Steering your Ship?

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

What lives in you? Who lives in you?

Paul is talking in regards to following the Old Testament law in this passage of Galatians, but he makes a very important and interesting statement in the midst of it. He says that he shared the crucifixion with Christ and that now it is not him living but Christ living in him. The Kings James version says:

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:" Galatians 2:20 (KJV)

It makes this statement a little more clear; Paul in flesh still lives, that is easy to decipher, but behind the physical body Paul says that it is no longer him but Christ in him. It is Christ who defines WHO he is. In the second part of verse 20 he talks about how it’s only by faith that he lives. Paul is denying everything we usually use to live by in that simple statement, by faith I live, not by knowledge, or his own wisdom, and not by experience; not by any human resource but by faith in Christ he lives.

It is like Paul is saying that he is just a ship; he has all the components to move and sail the oceans but he is just pieces of metal intricately put together. Without a captain to steer the ship it’s obviously going to crash. Paul gives total control to a new captain. Humbly laying down control to the one who ALWAYS knows where to direct the ship, whether or not we know where He is taking us.

Who controls your ship? What or who lives in you? And a better question is do people watching you know who is steering your ship? Is it pride? Fear? Loss? Guilt? Or is Christ your Captain?