Hi and Blessings to you in the name 0f our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The other night while driving home from work I asked the LORD about the difference between the mind and the heart. I wanted to know because scripture does make distinction between the two but I wanted a clear distinction in my own heart and mind. After getting still the LORD began to speak and as usual HE does this instant download of information. What became clear to me is the following.
The mind is our thoughts and thinking processes. Things that can change, things that are always in flux and sometimes very convoluted. In fact have you ever stood back and said why did I think that? To do that, to disagree with a thought means you are NOT your thoughts. At times your thoughts can be out of control and there is much that can control your thoughts.
It is the Heart that is the True you, the place as Christians we need to live out of but it also needs work too. You see the Heart is the core of your being, not Spirit but being, what your core beliefs and things you truly believe about GOD, yourself, the world around you. Most of which was written there by other people and their skewed and damaged views. Deep with in you is your Born Again Spirit and it tells you who you are and deep with in you know this but life deals us many scars that thicken the tympanic membrane of our heart's ear to hear the Spirit. Thus we have a problem. Jesus said " Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" and as the LORD revealed to me it is usually when push comes to shove or the bottom drops out that we realize what we believe by our actions. Do we turn to the LORD and seek and Trust HIM or do we run to the world? In whom do we Trust? This is most important for if our knowledge of GOD is only head then in crisis when the mind goes out the window all we are left with is our core beliefs, the foundation of what we truly believe and this can make or break us.
In scripture it says renew your minds with the Word of GOD. We read and re-establish a thought process geared toward GOD as we reconstruct our thinking process to see through GOD's Truth. The Heart is not renewed by the written Word but by experiencing GOD, meditating, listening, stillness, silence. It is healed by experiencing GOD and communing with HIM and having HIM tell you with Words that Heal, who you are to HIM. In Proverbs it says "Guard your heart for out of it flow the issues of Life" the heart is how we react and act in this world and the direction we take our life in this world. This is why we must not only read and know GOD's word but commune with the LIVING WORD of GOD. We are addressing two different aspects of our humanity-the mind and the heart!
I will delve deeper into this in another article about Rewriting the Tablet of Your Heart but suffice to say you have CHRIST in you and HE is calling you to hear HIM. You have the written word to establish a foundation of Truth and parameters to operate in. In Christ Alone you have everything already...Be still and call unto HIM and HE will show you great and mighty things.
Blessings to you and let me know how your walk is going JB
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Not MY Will But Your Will Be Done, does saying that scare you?
Not My will but Your will be done. These words spoken by Jesus was the crux of what changed the course of humanity. It was here that fallen man was redeemed. As the first Adam sinned and wanted his will to be done and in so doing steeped all creation into sin. It was Jesus Christ the second Adam who bought us back and brought us back into right relationship with GOD. Jesus did not want to become the very thing He hated, sin. He did not want to be cut off from the Father, He did not want to go to the cross. In the garden of Gethsemane HE lined HIS will up with the Fathers. HE could have willed to say NO they are not worth this, forget it I AM out of here but no. Scripture says For the Joy set before HIM( that joy was you and me!) HE endured the cross despising its shame. Isaiah tells us it pleased the Father to bruise and crush Christ??!! It was for our sake, that was the plan from before the foundation of the world. Jesus the creator of this universe and us, planned to sacrifice HIMSELF if man sinned. Mind boggling the Love of GOD. For us, HE who knew no sin became sin, HE became anathema to GOD the Father. HE died for us so that we could be raised with HIM!!! The wages of sin are death and HE paid those wages in full for you and me. That is LOVE!
So what does that have to do with you and me, besides everything? Back to the will. Does saying Not my will but Yours be done scare you, does it conjure up being sent to the wildest most desolate areas of the world. Does fear rule you to think of having GOD's will be done in your life? Does anger or indignation rise up at the thought? Well then you don't know GOD! The solution as always is to know HIS love!
The Bible is replete with HIS love and HE constantly tells us of HIS love. Jesus showed us LOVE and told us of HIS love. John 3:16 so commonly quoted but never fully understood, tells us GOD so loved the world that HE sent HIS only SON to save us and Not condemn us. With that said would Jesus die for us so that the Father could be mean or indifferent to us? Makes no sense does it. Romans 8:32 says:
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? That's scripture my friends I did not make that up. Think of the logic of that statement, if HE did not spare HIS son the tortures, the pain and humiliation of the cross but gladly allowed this to buy us why would HE not gives us all things to richly enjoy. We need to dive into the Truth of who GOD is and swim in that love and drink it in. Let not this corrupt and evil world tell us who GOD is let us let HIM do so.
Why am I stressing this point so much? Until you Know GOD as a loving Father you will never give HIM your will and as long as its your will it cant be HIS. We are not GOD nor can we run our lives but this is exactly what we are wanting and doing by denying GOD the opportunity to be GOD in our lives. By holding on to our will it is then our will being done in our lives and not HIS. This relationship only works with One GOD and that's HIM. To the extent that we will not yield to HIM this is the extent we Stop HIM. So by knowing HIS love for us and HIS desire to bless us and keep us in all our ways I pray you will Trust HIM who loves you with an everlasting love to say Not My will but Your Will be done. I cannot tell you how much HE loves you, not really though I have tried. Let HIM show you and teach you of HIS love. Spend that time and give HIM that place in your heart and I guarantee that The Joy of the LORD will be your strength and HIS will will be your will and you will be ONE...GOD bless JB
So what does that have to do with you and me, besides everything? Back to the will. Does saying Not my will but Yours be done scare you, does it conjure up being sent to the wildest most desolate areas of the world. Does fear rule you to think of having GOD's will be done in your life? Does anger or indignation rise up at the thought? Well then you don't know GOD! The solution as always is to know HIS love!
The Bible is replete with HIS love and HE constantly tells us of HIS love. Jesus showed us LOVE and told us of HIS love. John 3:16 so commonly quoted but never fully understood, tells us GOD so loved the world that HE sent HIS only SON to save us and Not condemn us. With that said would Jesus die for us so that the Father could be mean or indifferent to us? Makes no sense does it. Romans 8:32 says:
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? That's scripture my friends I did not make that up. Think of the logic of that statement, if HE did not spare HIS son the tortures, the pain and humiliation of the cross but gladly allowed this to buy us why would HE not gives us all things to richly enjoy. We need to dive into the Truth of who GOD is and swim in that love and drink it in. Let not this corrupt and evil world tell us who GOD is let us let HIM do so.
Why am I stressing this point so much? Until you Know GOD as a loving Father you will never give HIM your will and as long as its your will it cant be HIS. We are not GOD nor can we run our lives but this is exactly what we are wanting and doing by denying GOD the opportunity to be GOD in our lives. By holding on to our will it is then our will being done in our lives and not HIS. This relationship only works with One GOD and that's HIM. To the extent that we will not yield to HIM this is the extent we Stop HIM. So by knowing HIS love for us and HIS desire to bless us and keep us in all our ways I pray you will Trust HIM who loves you with an everlasting love to say Not My will but Your Will be done. I cannot tell you how much HE loves you, not really though I have tried. Let HIM show you and teach you of HIS love. Spend that time and give HIM that place in your heart and I guarantee that The Joy of the LORD will be your strength and HIS will will be your will and you will be ONE...GOD bless JB
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Why in Christ Alone?
Why the title in Christ alone? As I walk out this life of faith it becomes more and more obvious its not me but CHRIST in me. All that is worth living, telling, sharing and loving is CHRIST and all else pales in comparison. HE is the beginning and the end, the first and the last. The whole Universe was created by HIM and for HIM and HE upholds it by the power of HIS word!
Paul says were are dead in Christ yet we live but not us but Christ in us. Jesus said apart from me you can do nothing but in HIM nothing is impossible to us. He has empowerd us to do the works HE wants done, it is in HIS name or authority that the devil flees and demons are cast out. It is HE, the second Adam, that redeemed us and bought us with the price of HIS precious blood. It is by HIM that we can speak to mountains and they move. By HIS love we are now eternally HIS one with the Father, JESUS is the door to the Father, HE is the bread of Life our Good Shepard.
I could go on and on but as you can see it is In Christ Alone my heart is found. HE is my light, my life, my song...for more inspiration listen to In Christ Alone by Maire Brennan, Joanna Hogg and Margaret Becker...GOD bless and know you are blessed..keep coming back and I will keep writing...JB
Paul says were are dead in Christ yet we live but not us but Christ in us. Jesus said apart from me you can do nothing but in HIM nothing is impossible to us. He has empowerd us to do the works HE wants done, it is in HIS name or authority that the devil flees and demons are cast out. It is HE, the second Adam, that redeemed us and bought us with the price of HIS precious blood. It is by HIM that we can speak to mountains and they move. By HIS love we are now eternally HIS one with the Father, JESUS is the door to the Father, HE is the bread of Life our Good Shepard.
I could go on and on but as you can see it is In Christ Alone my heart is found. HE is my light, my life, my song...for more inspiration listen to In Christ Alone by Maire Brennan, Joanna Hogg and Margaret Becker...GOD bless and know you are blessed..keep coming back and I will keep writing...JB
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