God's will 6
“My thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways are not your ways” (Isaiah). Absolutely true. I don’t believe that whatever I think is what God thinks. I have been proven wrong too many times to count. But that can also be said to those who say “I just trust God’s will”. Because they don’t believe someone can be healed, then God must not want it.
The bigger issue is: how do we so immerse ourselves in our relationship with God that we do increasingly think His thoughts after Him, rather than our own earthly ideas?
“Pray without ceasing” for this is God’s will for your life. Immerse is the right word. Immerse ourselves in His word, think His thoughts (meditate on the word), worship, talk about Jesus to others, let God dominate your thinking.
I don't have this whole thing figured out, not by a long shot. But I do believe, again, that His will on earth as it is in heaven is, in some way, attainable, or Jesus would not have taught us to pray that.
I believe we spend far too much time dwelling on circumstances and what we think, rather than God's Word and what He says.
The bigger issue is: how do we so immerse ourselves in our relationship with God that we do increasingly think His thoughts after Him, rather than our own earthly ideas?
“Pray without ceasing” for this is God’s will for your life. Immerse is the right word. Immerse ourselves in His word, think His thoughts (meditate on the word), worship, talk about Jesus to others, let God dominate your thinking.
I don't have this whole thing figured out, not by a long shot. But I do believe, again, that His will on earth as it is in heaven is, in some way, attainable, or Jesus would not have taught us to pray that.
I believe we spend far too much time dwelling on circumstances and what we think, rather than God's Word and what He says.
Labels: circumstances, faith, God's will, healing, prayer, thoughts
posted by kansasscott @ 12:42 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:52 AM,
Anonymous said…
"I believe we spend far too much time dwelling on circumstances and what we think, rather than God's Word and what He says."
Hi Pastor,
You hit the nail on the head with the above quote. Our first response to any situation should be " What does the Word say about this?"
That will cut short 90% of the attacks on our minds, skipping a lot of drama.
I'll use this as my theme this week and see where I come up short. At least I'll see what I need to work on.
Thanks a lot for the direction!
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