Yesterday’s blog was very timely – A Changed Mind.
God knows what He is doing. King Solomon put it this way in Proverbs 23:7. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:”
If we see ourselves as God sees us and we meditate on His word, we will be victorious when the battles and the challenges come. We’re told…
…I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
…My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory. Philippians 4:19
…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16
…If God be for us, who can be against us Romans 8:31
…the thief comes but to steal, kill and destroy but I am come that you might have life and have it more abundantly John 10:10
…if any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God who giveth to all men liberally James 1:5
…He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and by His stripes we are healed I Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5-6
…(Abraham) Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. Romans 4:17
God tells us that the battle is in our minds and we are to renew them to His way of thinking and not to be caught up in man’s natural way of thinking. Sucessful people throughout time have used God’s principal of renewing your mind and have come through with God-like results.
“The weapons we use are not human ones. Our weapons have power from God and can destroy the enemy’s strong places. We destroy people’s arguments, 5 and we tear down every proud idea that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We also capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.” II Corinthians 10:4-5
This is what David did as a young shepherd; all the armies of Israel were in fear of one giant but David knew that God would fight with him and so he had no fear and defeated Goliath single handed. Abraham knew he had God’s promise for a child and so at 100 years old, he held on to God’s word and a miracle of conception took place and Sarah gave birth to Issac. Peter was in a sinking boat when Jesus came walking on the water and at Jesus’ word, Come, Peter stepped out and walked to Jesus.
The men and the women of the Bible were/are people just like us, 100% human, what made them special is they chose to believe that God’s words had power and they let those words change their circumstances. We can do the same today.
Give God’s word more credibility than the word of your neighbor, your spouse, a trusted friend and think on His words. Your situations will change as you put your faith in God.
