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“…not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2 This was written in the context of identity. I exist, but I’m hidden in Christ who is in God. Since He is the overarching Spirit of who I am, my mind can now be spiritual. I am no longer bound by human thinking. Even if things present themselves here on earth, things like temptation, suffering, sin, and impossible situations. I am not chained to humanistic views the way I was apart from Christ. I am free to believe, think, pray, love, forgive, speak, hear from His mind which is elevated and not earthly. It is a power meant to help us if we are willing. “The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?”But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 NIV.
I wrote this on my Instagram account on 9/22/16. I really believed that I knew what I was talking about. It was easy to convey head knowledge. But these months later, it is much harder in the face of earthly struggle. Back then, I was happily navigating through social media. Oblivious to how difficult things would become when my life would blend in with others as I became more involved in the ministry. The pull of the world and what it values as life, is strong and writing a Scripture and expounding on Spiritual principal is so much easier before the challenges come. Now that times have changed, how do I keep faithful to the truth of this verse? It is only possible with Him. I can’t garner enough power within myself. The only way my mind will ever be parked on heavenly things, is if He intervenes. Right now, my faith is invested in the belief that He will give me the mindset that I cannot foster by myself. I need that divine help because the battle intensified. The mind and heart have to be in the same heavenly place. But sometimes the heart diverts the mind to the things that are part of the mist of the temporary. It isn’t like I am super spiritual and I can avert my heart from things that are desirable. It also isn’t as if He doesn’t want to bless us here. But, I can’t invest my mind or heart in those things first. So, giving over is the key. Isn’t that what I did when I surrendered to Him? That is the reason this verse applies: “you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”Colossians 3:3-4 Now, 5 months later, I’m learning at a heart level what I once knew in principal. Surrender was only the beginning. What comes after is really the only way I will ever have a spiritual mind. Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” He will be my mind. “For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?’” Hebrews 13:5-6 I am not alone. He has taken the driver’s seat. I have surrendered, given my heart over, heard His words of Love and now He resets my mind.
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