Too many
Christians are trying to live out a spiritual life under the letter of the Word
and not the Spirit of the Word. Just try
to talk to someone who thinks they know more than God Himself and you can see
what happens when the reader tries to apply the living Word under the letter of
the Word.
To bring
every thought captive to the obedience of Christ should be your hearts’ goal.
When it
is your goal, the way you think, what you think about and what
you think into being, is being transformed from - the way you used to think (before you learned to
rely on God to lead you and guide you) into the way you think now, which is to
allow God to participate in your thinking, i. e., to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of
Christ.
I want to
plant a tiny seed today into your mind.
If you and I could agree to allow God to have access to our mind for a
few minutes, I believe God will impart into you:
His life changing Word
His mind transforming Word
His body healing Word
His attitude changing Word
His habit breaking Word
His love building Word
His miracle working Word
Can you
imagine what it would be like if you didn’t have the Word of God and the
promises contained within the Word of God?
If you never heard , “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take My
yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest for your souls.” Matthew
11:28-29
orIf God had never said, “by whose stripes ye were healed” 1 Peter 4:24
or
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
or
“If any
man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” John 7:37
Please
hear God’s Word and let God impart to you Himself.
Word.
Psalms
119:28
28. “My soul
melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according to thy Word.”
Psalms
119:100-101
100. “I understand
more than the ancients, because I keep Thy precepts.
101. I
have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Thy Word.”
Psalms
119:103-105
103. “How sweet
are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104. Through
thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalms
119:114
114. “Thou art my hiding place and my
shield: I hope in thy word.”
Psalms
119:130
130. “The entrance of thy words giveth
light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.”
Psalms
119:154
154. “Plead my cause, and deliver me:
quicken me according to thy word.”
Psalms
127:1
1. “Except
the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord
keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”
Colossians
3:16
16. “Let the
word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord.”
Romans
8:31
31. “What shall we then say to these
things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”
You
could not be sure of anything if it were not that God has written down for you,
the book of life that reveals exacting truths that reveal and impart the heart
of God in you.
God
reveals in His Word:
The history of the creation of the world and everything in it.
The history of mankind and everything necessary to fully
understand the motives, intents, character, personality and temperament of
mankind.
God reveals everything in His Word necessary to secure
unrestricted access to God Himself.
I wonder
sometimes, what else could we possibly want from God?"
Excerpt from God Thinking 54 - The Christian Conscience by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2012
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