in christ, servant and body

Summary: "because we are in christ, everything that happens to him happens to us. Jesus loves us as his body"

there are several ways to describe our logical relationship to christ. (our emotional relationship...that can take up books and books :) )
the most succint description is 'in', but we can also say we are servants of Christ, or his slaves, or sons of God, or children of God. I will focus on the slave/servant idea.
In a servant/master relationship, the servant is the property of the master, inside the master, if you will. Everything that happens to the master as a whole also happens to the servant. So if the entirety of Jesus is killed for sin and raised to life, so are those who are slaves to Christ.
So, take this to heart because it's amazing - in a certain sense we reign with christ. revelation 20:6 "they [us saints] will be priests of God and of christ and will reign with him for a thousand years]
Isn't that cool!
Everything that happens to Christ happens to us - taken with a grain of salt because we're still human and crying with unworthiness every day.

Now, we are also in christ in the sense that we are his body. Nice.
Marriage is often cited as being like the relationship between Christ and the church. [I, for one, have to think over that one for a while] Ephesians 5:28 "in the same way [as Christ loves the church], husbands ought to lvoe their wives as their own bodies."
so think about how you love your own body. and not like "yes, I look pretty attractive", but do you enjoy moving, running, living? do you throw a ball with exact aim and you say to yourself "wow! :) I love my body!" I don't know what girls would think - I suppose you aren't particularly enthralled by throwing balls, but I bet you can imagine something. it is fun to live and move!
In the same way, Christ delights in us as his body. He enjoys using us. He takes care of us, like a well-oiled machine. he will also work and exercise us, temporary pain but long term gain and pleasure for the body.
Ha! I just had this idea. Jesus is up in heaven, and he really wants to come down and enjoy being human, but he can't exactly show up on earth in a blaze of glory. so instead, he says to himself "I'll live inside of my people!"
God is in you, by the way, the light of God and christ shine through you. Actually, he may shine with real physical manifestations. some say that when people come to Christ, their eyes actually become brighter. cool, huh?

ok, so just know that you're in Jesus, and in for all the benefits and adventures he goes through, and also know that Jesus loves you as his body, he uses you and is in you too, shining and working brilliantly.