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Friday, January
25, 2008
It’s
a God Thing
Romans 8:5-7 For they that
are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are
after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (6) For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (7) Because the
carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be. (KJV)
Listen to a person talk and
it only takes a few minutes or less to hear what realm they are operating
in and what their priorities in life truly are. We have been talking all
this week about the things of God which are spiritual and the things of man
which only deal with the physical realm. Once you are born anew into the
realm of the Spirit it takes a daily dose of prayer and the word of God to
keep your mind renewed on the things of God or else one will fall back into
the things of this fallen realm looking for peace and fulfillment in things
the Lord has asked you to let go of. The mind is the battle ground for the
believer because that is where they will either hold God to be true and man
the liar, or they will fall into the category of where man tells God He is
the liar because of simple unbelief in His word.
Romans 8:8-10 So then they
that are in the flesh cannot please God. (9) But ye are not in the flesh,
but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (10) And if Christ be
in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of
righteousness. (KJV)
So what do you think? What is
your mind being filled with today? If your priority is in this realm and pleasing
those of this fallen one, then it will not be pleasing to God. If you don’t
have the Spirit of Christ and a working knowledge of the spiritual realm of
the Son of God, then you are none of His. Are you listening to the good
news of the gospel of Christ or are you spending all your time caught up in
the news of the world which is old news and leads to a dead end to those
stuck in it? With an election year upon us and so many promises of liberty
and freedom, in the end no matter what man tries to accomplish in the flesh
as long as there is still man’s fallen lower nature ruling these people,
things will continue to spiral downward until the Lord returns and sets
things in His order.
1 Corinthians 2:14-16 But the
natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. (15) But he that is spiritual judgeth all things,
yet he himself is judged of no man. (16) For who hath known the mind of the
Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (KJV)
The mind is a terrible thing
to waste; and what a waste it will be to those that find out what they had
access to and how they neglected the gift of God, and ended up settling for
some cheap imitation of the devil. Christ in you is the only hope of glory.
So the more you step out and operate in His realm, the more you will think
the things that He does and truly be an imitator of Him and not man. Christ
is the Son of the living God and so are you if you continue in the faith
grounded and settled in the things of the Spirit, not letting your outward
senses rule and dictate your outcome, but rather allow His word to
accomplish the things that are pleasing in God’s sight. So how do you see
things today, at this moment? Are you looking at life and expecting the
best, confident your outcome is victorious and complete knowing you have
done all to stand in the things of God, or are you still coming up short
and frustrated because you are still leaning to your own understanding and
limiting God?
Philippians 4:7-8 And the
peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus. (8) Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on
these things. (KJV)
Do you desire to keep this peace
of God working in your life? Then what are you meditating on today? Do you
see victory and confidence in your walk the way Christ Jesus was able to
walk, or are you thinking the worst and just hoping someday it might
happen, or some people have all the luck? By the way that word luck should
not be a part of a Christian’s vocabulary, which sad to say still is. The
word luck means chance and leaves one on iffy ground rather than operating
in the blessings of God which are a sure thing. So if you are waiting for a
lucky break to come along in your life, the only break you will end up with
is between you and your heavenly Father; trying to serve a spiritual God on
fleshly terms and conditions which are not His turf. Keep your mind out of
the gutter and keep it in the heavenly realm (verse 8) if you wish to get
the desired results you have prayed for.
1 Peter 4:1-2 Forasmuch then
as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with
the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
(2) That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the
lusts of men, but to the will of God. (KJV)
When an army goes into a
battle zone they make sure ahead of time they are prepared and armed for
the situation so that they can protect themselves. With the access to the
things of God which He has provided us, why would you enter your day not
taking the time to arm yourself also? The devil and his workers are still
launching fiery darts so that they can inflame our lower nature and try and
get our old lusts burning again. Like with wildfires, the fire department
will stay around and keep dousing the hot spots so that they don’t flare up
again and cause more death and destruction. The same holds true in the
spiritual realm, our shield of faith which is kept up and running by the
renewing of the mind will continue to keep those darts quenched with living
waters.
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service. (2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (KJV)
There are a lot of talker’s
who claim to be of God and know Him. But they act just like the people of
this world and are still stuck in the realm of the flesh because they
haven’t renewed their mind with the things of God. It takes one to know
one, so if you want to act like a man of God then you need to get to know One
personally so that you can break free from this fallen realm and operate in
a higher dimension of the Spiritual one. If you don’t have the mind of
Christ then you are none of His and unable to walk in the Spirit. It’s a
God thing and it is available to any that are willing to forsake the things
of this life and walk in the things of His. God bless and expect the best
because you serve the best.
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