Scripture: John 1 v 1 - 5: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
John the Apostle was a teenager when he met Jesus and became a disciple. He remained one of His closest companions, who had deeper insight into the real persona of Jesus than the other eleven. In Jesus was life, not just breathing but hope eternal, heaven and peace.
Jesus is the Creator of all things, visible and invisible. Nothing exists that He did not make. He is the Word. The Bible is The Word. It is His words, His story, His love, His people and His salvation of all humanity who believe it.
Yesterday I was moved by an excerpt from the book Spiritual Authority by Watchman Nee. It inspired this blog today because I think we all need a deeper insight into our blessed Saviour.
"I Am the Lord Your God”—This Is the Reason
In Leviticus 18-22, each time God orders the people of Israel to do certain things, He interpolates a phrase: “I am the Lord your God.”
This is not even prefixed with the preposition “for.” It means “I so speak because I am the Lord your God. I do not need to give any reason. I, the Lord, am the reason.”
If you see this you will never be able to live by reason any more. You will say to God: “Whereas in the past I lived by thought and reason, now I bow and worship You; whatever You have done, because it is You who have done it, is sufficient for me.”
After Paul fell on the road to Damascus his reasonings were all cast aside. The question he asked was, “What shall I do, Lord?” He instantly put himself in subjection to the Lord. No one who knows God will argue, for reason is judged and set aside by the light.
To argue with God implies that God needs to get our consent for all He does. This is utmost folly. When God acts He is under no obligation to tell us the reason, because His ways are higher than our ways.
If we bring God down to reasonings we will lose Him because we make Him one of us. In reasonings we shall not have worship. As soon as obedience is absent, worship is lost.
By judging God with our reason we set ourselves up as gods. Where, then, is the difference between the potter and the clay? Does the potter need to ask the consent of the clay in his work?
May the glorious appearing of the Lord put an end to all our reasonings."
- Watchman Nee, excerpt from Spiritual Authority
Over forty years ago I received a prophecy from my pastor 'that I was called as His handmaid to have a ministry of Prophecy and Revelation which I could never work out through my mind.' The above passage brought that old prophecy back to my mind because reasoning things out was what I was good at but The Lord was having none of it.
My thought is that there are many who were like me as we are taught throughout our school days to reason things out. It is now a barrier to spiritual progress! It's tough to break this habit until we surrender our minds to the Lordship of Jesus.
Romans 12 v 1 - 2: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
To reason with God is to be conformed to this world system under the power of Satan. He is the Father of lies and his nature is fully manifesting in these last days. The Woke generation is like the time of Noah and Lot, false and deceptive.
We must become a living sacrifice! We must reckon ourselves dead to this uncertain world to gain the security of everlasting life. We are still passing through this world but no longer of this world. We who are born again have already entered into eternal life!
So we are just tourists on this Earth, admiring the beauty of God's creation. We are God's posters for the lost souls to be drawn out of sinful pleasures that lead to death, into the glory of eternity with God. We do not want to stand ashamed before Him at His Judgment Seat if we have done little or nothing to carry out His will.
We need to renew our minds by reading and heeding The Word. This will transform our carnal minds until we know that we possess the Mind of Christ. That is a mind empty of junk, distractions, lusts, worldliness that the Holy Spirit must wade through to find a space to bring inspiration to our spirits and minds.
This is the problem with the person who buries his one talent and has not improved its value or power when his Lord comes seeking it. His talent is taken away and given to someone who has worked hard to improve his worth to the Lord.
We are all ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are all called to use our God-given talent/s to draw people to Him. Today is the day we can restart our spiritual engines and dig up our hidden talent. Lay it before our Lord and ask Him how it can be used to His glory. Then let nothing stop you making up for lost time.
It's time to stop reasoning things out rather let God be God and trust Him that He knows what needs doing.
1 Corinthians 2 v 14 - 16: "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."
Prayer: Heavenly Father thank You for that pearl of wisdom from Watchman Nee that explains so well our need to heed Your Will and Your Word. Change us Father into the likeness of our Lord Jesus that we can closely resemble Him and give Him glory. Father we worship You in Spirit and in truth. In Jesus' name. Amen.