Through a lifetime of fighting the circumstances, which life deals out
to us, we are so encumbered by bandages that it is hard to function. Our
body and soul often end up bruised, broken, patched up and in the
hospital - on crutches, just to traverse our day. Our spirit is already
dead in sin, and no help to us at all (Ephesians 2:1).
Once we come to Christ through salvation, He heals us
from the inside out. Our works of righteousness have no influence over God's
love for us or our eternal standing; but they are very necessary for our
wedding garment as the Bride to our Savior, King Jesus (Revelation 19:8).
We start to focus more on the spiritual, eternal aspects
of life rather than the humanistic, temporal issues. Life is no longer about
us; but Christ is now our whole life (Colossians 3:3-4).
Even when our faith wanes, He helps our unbelief (Mark
9:24). Our spirit is perfect; but our soul - our thoughts, choices and feelings
- is still in the process of healing and maturing in His faith within us
(Galatians 2:20).
God elevates us as His adopted children and we no longer
depend on our self (Ephesians 1:5). We turn our faith toward Christ and we live
by the direction of His Spirit. His peace floods our soul and our pent-up anger
dissolves (Isaiah 26:3).
God's Spirit conforms us to the mind of Christ and
transforms our nature to Christ's divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). He exchanges our
human weaknesses with God's strength; so we can do all things through Christ's
presence within us (2 Corinthians 13:4; Philippians 4:13).
Prayer:
Father God, often when we pray, our mind is full
of what we did and did not say or do. We cannot get in touch with our true
needs, because we are not listening to our own soul. We are not listening to
Your Spirit either, who wants to pray and function through us.
Yet, as we spend our time in complete and
anxious-free prayers of praise, we learn to live unencumbered by things of this
earth. We enter into a life of praising and worshipping our living Lord. As we
trust in You alone, You make all things work together for our good (Romans 8:28).
Our faith is built and strengthened as we see Your faithfulness in our life.
Thought for the Day:
Journaling our thoughts, feelings and prayers allows us to empty our soul from its load of cares and concerns; when we look back over what we wrote and the prayers of our year, we see God's hand, working in the details our life.
Journaling our thoughts, feelings and prayers allows us to empty our soul from its load of cares and concerns; when we look back over what we wrote and the prayers of our year, we see God's hand, working in the details our life.
