Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 257
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I
wonder when the multitudes started thinking more in the physical realm than in
the spiritual realm. Or, has it just
been the way of life for mankind since the Fall?
Michael
gives us something to mull over with our own thinking…actually giving us pause
to consider which mind do we run to in considering options, making decisions,
and taking action.
DAY 169
It Gets
Crowded On The Throne
Come and see
what God has done, how awesome His works in man’s behalf.
--Psalm 66:5
“The wind
blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where
it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the
Spirit” (John 3:8). Nicodemus,
a teacher of Israel, did not understand what Jesus was saying, because, like so
many of us, he was conditioned to think that the work of God is always done by
man, as if God is so small that He needs the help of man. In essence,
Nicodemus believed, “God takes care of those who take care of themselves,”
being accustomed to
thinking that people came into the kingdom through effort, strain, teaching,
watching their every move, endless conversation, right training, and persuasive
argument. In his mind, men did not change so easily as through God’s working out a conversion
by something as natural as birth. Nicodemus, a teacher of Israel, had
crowded God right off the throne and was not a relaxed man!
Today, it seems so many things are
needed to bring about conversion: a new
church building, a special service with music perfectly calculated to move the
unbeliever, youth discussion groups, psychological counseling, and exegetical
preaching. Yes, with all of these surely God will be manipulated to move and
bring conversions; the pews will fill and children will no longer experiment
with drugs. It is getting more and more crowded on the throne.
The conversion that He brings
is not to a system but to spiritual truth; it places concepts
in our being, not in our
minds. His conversion is His work and comes only through the
power of the Spirit. There is room for only One on the
throne.
(underlines are mine for emphasis…see
below)
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
When is the last time you looked at life as a system, and not as
spiritual truth? As a life, and not as a
Life? Big difference.
Are we seeing concepts in our being, not in our minds? Do we recognize God’s work comes only through
the power of Holy Spirit? Our answers
line up with one side or the other in Michael’s illustrations.
I think we should ask ourselves some really difficult questions about
whether we have been “conditioned” and have become “accustomed” to thinking in
the worldly realm or the spiritual realm.
I love the terms “spiritual truth,” “born of the Spirit,” and “power of
the Spirit.” These keep me focused on
Who is on the throne.
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