As always, my desire for all of us is to ascend to a higher level of consciousness in our relationship with Our Heavenly Father. As we align ourselves with HIS Divine Intent of Love we will become like HIM and think like HIM. We will see life through HIS Eyes, not our carnal man. Paul writes in Ephesian chapter 4:
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
You are either being enlightened or darkened in your understanding depending on what path you are on. The fruit of your life must be assessed by your own inspection to give you confirmation of your path. Are you a blessing to people? Do you desire to serve or are you looking for what others can provide you? Notice how your understanding can move away from the light of the Word into outer darkness. The further you move from FATHER, the more blind in your heart you become. Be not weary in doing good works. Paul continues:
20 But you have not so learned Christ,
21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Your mind is to be a servant to your spirit, not the reverse. Do you ask FATHER to bless what you have decided to undertake or do you ask FATHER what to undertake knowing that HE will bless the work of your hands? This is an indication of where you are at concerning the renewing of the spirit of your mind. If given the opportunity the mind will create problems to be solved, keeping you busy and far from FATHER’S path for you. In this state you will finish the day unfulfilled with at least a touch of anxiety.
Left to his own devices the old man will grow more corrupt according to deceitful lusts. As a society removes the references to Our Heavenly Father in schools, kids become increasingly lawless. We now see the fruit of their lawlessness in the headlines. Every person has a core understanding of a higher power and only needs to have that understanding reinforced to keep the soul from moving toward further corruption. The internal must change before the external will produce good fruit.
The Old Testament Law dealt with mandating external behavior but the children of Israel failed constantly in their attempts to walk in righteousness. The Pentecostal Age focused on changing the internal but also had the conflict of compromise to deal with. I believe we are now at a time of visitation where both the inward and outward works will produce a great harvest, not just 30 fold or 60 fold, but 100 fold. The fullness of time is at hand and we must discard the futility of man’s thinking and press in to what FATHER is saying in true righteousness and Holiness. We are to put on the new man thus putting of the old man and the futility of that thinking.
Now is the time!