Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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Friday, September 9, 2011
The Heavy Weight of Peace
I would like to release a new way of thinking... actually an old way... a Jesus way. See we have all thought something very wrong for quite some time, myself included.
A few days ago I felt troubled... "heavy" is how I like to call it. There was so much drama happening all around me and so much trouble it seemed in my life at that moment. I wanted to walk in grace but just felt so "heavy." Finally I gave up trying and just went for a walk with two friends of mine and blurted out all my concerns. My friend Alanna then shared the most profound, yet strangely simple truth that I have ever heard (something God told her the night before.) It was just, "My peace is heavy."
It hit me that I had it all wrong. I was believing a lie that our earthly troubles are actually heavier then the peace of God. But the reality is that His peace, love, joy, etc. is heavier then any trouble we could ever face and thereby makes our earthly troubles seem light in comparison. This reality manifests not just in our minds, but in our emotions as well. We actually feel peaceful.
So I decided to challenge God's grace. I quit trying to fix things and trying to understand things. I just decided to simply believe the truth. And it worked!!!! No matter what was going on around me I felt peaceful. Even discovering I had an unexpected extremely high payment to make did not unsettle me. It has been crazy. He really has purchased this kind of heavy glory for us 24/7 through the blood of our Savior.
Here's scripture to prove this- Isaiah 26:3-4 (and that's "perfect" peace), Philippians 4: 7-9 (He guards our minds with His peace. He does this, not us.) Proverbs 3:5-6 (so we this isn't based on our own understanding or if we know where were heading), John 14: 1, John 14:27 (this peace is way beyond the world and its understanding. It's outside our box), John 6:29 (It's simple... all we have to do is believe what He says about what He has already given us in Christ), Colossians 3:2-3 (We must believe in our minds what Christ has already done for us. Simply believe the truth. We even have the mind of Christ.), 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 "Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction (and this is Paul talking whose afflictions including floggings, sleepless nights, hunger, etc. [2 Cor. 6:4-5]) is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."
I dare you to challenge the grace of God in every area of your life and just see if He will lavish on you that "peace which surpasses all understanding." And peace is just one of the fruits of the Spirit. I share with you this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsSR4VrmsRY and ask you to dare to change your way of thinking. I dare you do believe what Jesus has purchased for you on the cross. God bless.
Peace out.
A few days ago I felt troubled... "heavy" is how I like to call it. There was so much drama happening all around me and so much trouble it seemed in my life at that moment. I wanted to walk in grace but just felt so "heavy." Finally I gave up trying and just went for a walk with two friends of mine and blurted out all my concerns. My friend Alanna then shared the most profound, yet strangely simple truth that I have ever heard (something God told her the night before.) It was just, "My peace is heavy."
It hit me that I had it all wrong. I was believing a lie that our earthly troubles are actually heavier then the peace of God. But the reality is that His peace, love, joy, etc. is heavier then any trouble we could ever face and thereby makes our earthly troubles seem light in comparison. This reality manifests not just in our minds, but in our emotions as well. We actually feel peaceful.
So I decided to challenge God's grace. I quit trying to fix things and trying to understand things. I just decided to simply believe the truth. And it worked!!!! No matter what was going on around me I felt peaceful. Even discovering I had an unexpected extremely high payment to make did not unsettle me. It has been crazy. He really has purchased this kind of heavy glory for us 24/7 through the blood of our Savior.
Here's scripture to prove this- Isaiah 26:3-4 (and that's "perfect" peace), Philippians 4: 7-9 (He guards our minds with His peace. He does this, not us.) Proverbs 3:5-6 (so we this isn't based on our own understanding or if we know where were heading), John 14: 1, John 14:27 (this peace is way beyond the world and its understanding. It's outside our box), John 6:29 (It's simple... all we have to do is believe what He says about what He has already given us in Christ), Colossians 3:2-3 (We must believe in our minds what Christ has already done for us. Simply believe the truth. We even have the mind of Christ.), 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 "Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction (and this is Paul talking whose afflictions including floggings, sleepless nights, hunger, etc. [2 Cor. 6:4-5]) is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."
I dare you to challenge the grace of God in every area of your life and just see if He will lavish on you that "peace which surpasses all understanding." And peace is just one of the fruits of the Spirit. I share with you this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsSR4VrmsRY and ask you to dare to change your way of thinking. I dare you do believe what Jesus has purchased for you on the cross. God bless.
Peace out.
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