God operating in us, Hebrews 8:11 says, “And
God operating in us, Hebrews 8:11 says, "And they shall by no means teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know Me from the little one to the great among them." Because God is operating in us, we know what He wants to do and what we should do. For example, when a brother's wife gives him a difficult time, he does not need a pastor to instruct him. Through the operating God he knows that he should lay aside his headship and, according to the pattern of the Lord Jesus, be willing to serve her as a slave.
SHINING AS LUMINARIES
In verse 15 Paul says that we "shine as lights in the world." The Greek word rendered lights de notes luminaries which reflect the light of the sun. As children of God with the divine life and nature, we have a special function—the function of shining. Because we have the divine life and nature, we have become luminaries reflecting Christ as the real sun. Whenever we cooperate with God's inward operation according to the divine life and nature, we shine with the light of Christ. This is the fourth aspect of the divine and rich provision for constant salvation.