I truly believe that a work done in the heart; a God transformation is worth more than a thousand words. I am blown away by Jesus and His ability to never cease to amaze me. Here He goes again establishing His faithfulness deeper in me! I am convinced that He can do all things! And I am seeing that as I come out of trying times and as the Lord reveals my heart and breaks me through to a greater place of intimacy with Him, He gives me tools and words to express to women and to others how to do the same.
I have found myself recently battling areas of the mind again. Thoughts that have tried to take me out. Thoughts that have tormented and tried to snuff the life out of me. And then getting frustrated that I was struggling yet again with the matter. But in all reality this isn't a one time prayer or choosing one time to have good thoughts. This is a life time of keeping a clean house, of choosing to think on things that are true and noble and right and pure and lovely and admirable like it talks about in Philippians 4. This is a daily choosing to trust the Lord, and believing that He is the One, True, Living, Breathing, Wonderworking God who comes by fire! The KEY is BELIEVING. I am super thankful to the Lord for His great perspective and workings of His Holy Spirit. Clarity of my mind has truly been one of the greatest gifts that Jesus Christ has ever given me next to my Salvation. This clarity allows me to fix my gaze on Jesus and His great love for me. I truly believe that our mind is where we engage in conversation with God. And we worship God with all of our heart, soul, MIND and strength. We have to think on it. We have to believe on it. Our minds are constantly inundated with all kinds of STUFF and at times it is really hard to differentiate between truth and FLUFF. And FLUFF does not sustain. But in Hebrews 1:3 it says that "The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all
things by his powerful word."
And in Ephesians 1:13 it says, "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory. Having BELIEVED. Where do we believe? We have all heard that phrase "with all my heart". Romans 10:9 says that if we confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. At the end of the day we have to believe. We have to believe that Jesus is who He says He is. We have to believe that we are just as He has said. And the belief in our hearts has to couple with our thoughts that swirl in our minds.
In Hebrews it tells us that the Israelites didn't enter into the Promised Land because of their unbelief. They didn't enter into rest because they didn't believe. I believe that God is giving us today the same invitation that He gave the Israelites. He is offering us REST and peace of mind, if we just believe, we may enter in.
This season has been marked by radicle breakthroughs in my heart and mind and I have had several opportunities to walk women through similar battles like the ones I have recently just come out of. It's no accident we go through trials. But Praise God that through it all its not for nothing. It is an amazing joy to be able to articulate what I have just been through and it helps others. May we continue to BELIEVE. May we continue to believe the TRUTH of the word of God. May we continue to believe God and not let our minds wander.
Simply put, I am being transformed by the renewing of my mind. And by faith, like Paul, I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. The past will not dictate my future. And at the end of the day I can only please God through my faith which is simply putting action to what I believe. I am taking hold of that invitation and going to a deeper place of intimacy with Jesus, enjoying the pleasures of having a mind at rest.
