[John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.]

Our Lord Jesus Christ had a certain consciousness – in John 6:38 above, He boldly declared “I have come down from heaven.” He was conscious of His heavenly divine origin. The Jews thought He was crazy, they asked in John 6:42 “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”They knew Mary the mother of Jesus, they saw her pregnant for nine months, they saw when Jesus was born, they saw Him grow up, yet now He is claiming He came from above! They could not understand Him but Jesus did not bother to explain to them.

Philippians 2:5 says “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” In the same way Christ was conscious of His divine origin, we too must be conscious of our divine origin. The accurate translations of John 3:3 like CJB and YLT versions says “unless a person is born again FROM ABOVE, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” So when we were born again, we were born from above. Therefore, we must have the same consciousness as Christ – we came down from heaven!!

Why is this consciousness important?Consciousness is awareness. The way you perceive yourself. We live according to our consciousness. We can never live different from our consciousness. That is why many have tried to be “Christ-like” and failed miserably, others have been trying to be like Christ forever. To be Christ-like, you must have the consciousness of Christ. So every day, begin to affirm like Christ “I am born from above.. I came from above… the limitations of this world have no power over my life.. I walk in the victory and dominion of Christ!!” You will be amazed your life will change!