The connection between the inner man and the outward life is like a railroad track. Once the track is laid the only way off is through changing connections. Asaph wrote a wonderful revelation of this in Psalm 73.
Psa 73:1-3
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!
But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.
For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
The thought life of the man is reflected in His actions and attitude. When we start to fell that God is not just, when God has let us down, we are only a short distance from acting like God does not matter. How often are we attacked by the enemy of God with the thoughts of our value and God's neglect? How many times a day do we think about our desires and God's lack of fulfilling all those desires?
The answer to this issue is to live in the place where all desires are fulfilled. But to enter that place you must die to yourself. The only way to have life is to loose it. The only way to live is to die. Almost sounds like some kind of eastern religion. It is the gospel of the Kingdom.
I am tired of small men using the false light of this world to cast great shadows. Men and women who live their whole lives to be seen and recognized as "something". Do we not daily encounter people who try to make us think more of them than they are? Do we not face endless manipulation to honor the value individuals who do little more than daily striving to get people to honor and value them?
But a strange thing is, when we live in the place of "ever desired fulfilled in Christ", we freely give them honor and value. We give to them freely what they long for as the love of God flows through us because God uses us to give to them the very thing they long for, yet in vain. This too is a reflection of the transformation that occurs when the inner man is full of delight. The one who dwells in the presence of God has actions that demonstrate peace and security. Life flows from the inside out.
I wish the guy that sets in front of me in church would get Ps. 73 tattooed on his neck. It would be great to read it each week.
No comments:
Post a Comment