Being One with God

Philippians 3:9

“and become one with Him. I no longer count on my righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with Himself depends on faith” (NLT)

How can we become one with God? What does being one with God mean? Is it something we should strive for? When I first think of being one with God, I think of stacking Legos to build a tower. I thought that being one with God means to be a part of God, which is a giant system of parts that make up Him. But this is all wrong thinking; for God does not depend on us, but rather we depend on God. So what is another way of looking at being one with God? My mind then immediately thought of our sins and how we, because of our transgressions, deserve death for not obeying God. God is perfect and sinless, and because we have sinned we are not even with Him. We aren’t one with His purity and are separated from Him. We become one with God is by following His path to Himself. “God’s way of making us right with Himself depends on faith” and is not based on our “righteousness through obeying the law”. Many people fall away from the Christian faith or don’t join it because they don’t understand how going to Heaven does not depend on works. Many believe if they are inherently good that they will be saved, while others believe they need to punish themselves for their sins and that is how they can “become even” with their God; but these are both wrong philosophies. We simply go to Heaven soley through our faith; “through faith in Christ” and through faith in God.

I am going to apply this verse by writing 5 things that I need to give to Christ in faith so I can be even closer to becoming one with Him.