Living An Exchanged Life

What Tozer is saying is that He exchanges His life for our old sinful one.

There is an exchange of our mortality for His immortality.

We have an exchange of grace for weakness - 2 Cor 12:9 (NASB) And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Cor 12:10 (NASB) Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong." There is an exchange - weakness for supernatural grace.

There is an exchange of fear & anxiety for a peace that surpasses all comprehension (Phil.4:6-7).

I wish we had time for you to give me some more examples. But stop & consider it. The Christian life could be summed up by stating it is living an exchanged life.

Living an exchanged life - that is what He has called us do. And that is how we can carry out whatever command He gives us, no matter how unique we think our situation is. Yes folks, we can live supernaturally.

One more point - God is eager to make this exchange. It is not like going to an exhanged/refund counter in a store the day after Christmas & getting some grumpy, discourteous clerk who makes you feel like you should apologize for making then earn their paycheck. No, the Lord is eager to exchange His life for yours. Bless His Holy Name!!!

Personal expanded paraphrase - "Yet those who with a sure expectency look to the Lord will have their strength exchanged for His strength and will be able to live supernaturally in the impossible situations they face and live supernaturally in contrast to their natural weaknesses and fleshy responses."

I guess I need to apologize to you this morning, for if you have grasped what I have said, then I have destroyed any & every excuse for not being able to obey Lord in whatever situation you face. But I trust you are not upset but instead, greatly encouraged & even a little bit excited about the truth that you can literally live a supernatural life.