Our mind is a wonderful servant but it is a harsh taskmaster. The mind relies on structure and the associated input to draw a logical conclusion. In its simplest form, you look at three points on a map and the beginning point is where you are at. The second point is 50 miles west of you and the third point is 100 miles west. Your mind would conclude that you should head west in a straight line and continue on that path. That seems logical. What if on that road there is a bridge washed out but you are unaware of it? Because of this you would have to backtrack 30 miles in order to arrive at your endpoint. Your mind only utilized the information it had and would draw the same conclusion each time it was presented with the problem. Over time, a bias forms and becomes ingrained in your thinking. Relying on history to project the future can be a critical mistake as we enter a transition into a new Spiritual Age.
Consider the day before the death angel passed over Egypt in Exodus 12:
1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
7 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.
12 ‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
The Age of Passover superseded the logic of the children of Israel. The had no experience of being anything but slaves to the Egyptians. Their logic kept them on the same path of slavery each and every day until FATHER changed their direction by HIS Word. HE defied the logic of their minds by protecting them with the blood of a lamb while they heard the results of the death angel that passed over them and executed judgment on the firstborn of the Egyptians:
30 So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
They were spared solely by their faith in the Words of FATHER. We are reminded of this in Hebrews:
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.
We are moving toward tumultuous times ahead. No matter how it manifests, we should be prepared. What preparations are appropriate? Those that FATHER tells us to make. As we focus on HIS priorities and mature in HIS Love we will be ready for whatever comes to pass. We cannot look around and think that the coming years will be just like the past years with no major changes. HIS SPIRIT provides us with the missing information and insight needed to draw the correct conclusions.
When we focus on the internal, we should expect the external to change as a result. I must change in order for my situation to change. Your mind would convince you of the opposite. It would tell you that if you only had more money, a better job, or some other external event, all would be good. Your mind will continue to draw the wrong conclusions if left to its own devices. Job wrote of this in chapter 5:
8 “But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause—
9 Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number.
10 He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.
11 He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, And grope at noontime as in the night.
15 But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.
FATHER provides us with any missing Truth and facts needed for our understanding of how to navigate the times ahead. HE is not restricted to time or space and thus knows the beginning from the end. If the bridge is washed out between you and your final destination, HE will show you the optimum path to take even though it defies your logic. HE will interrupt or delay your travel to keep you from being a participant in an accident. As you are led by HIS SPIRIT, you will be kept safe from harm’s way.
We must not rely on our mind’s logic at the expense of being led by HIS SPIRIT:
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
It is imperative that we not rely on our minds and their conclusions when the paradigm of the past evaporates before our very eyes. Expect the unexpected for now is the time to prepare the internal. Your heart prepared in Love will guide you as you are fully connected to FATHER. HIS Divine Intent will order your steps.