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Tuesday, December
16, 2008
Very Insightful
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to
them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their
senses exercised to discern both good and evil. (KJV)
Full age refers to maturity; one that has
grown up and has now learned to walk in the Spirit. We die daily; the
outward man perishes and we no longer rely on emotions to dictate our
outcome. We learn to walk by faith and not by sight, letting the light of the
Gospel guide our steps on a spiritual path, instead of looking for things
that appeal to the flesh.
Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are
never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (KJV)
All of us have tried the things of this
world, seeking something in the outward that we thought would satisfy our
inward hunger. Try as we did, no matter how hard we looked, it was just
never enough. Once you have accepted the Lord into your life, being reborn
into the realm of the Spirit, you now have a new set of eyes that are able
to find what is necessary to feed the inward man with the Spiritual meat to
sustain you.
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do
hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (KJV)
Definition for ‘filled’:
5526
chortazo (khor-tad'-zo); from 5528; to fodder, i.e. (generally) to
gorge (supply food in abundance): KJV-- feed, fill, satisfy.
There is only one thing that will satisfy
our spiritual hunger, and that is a Spiritual meal. When you go to a
restaurant hungry, you are not going for crackers and milk, you want a meal
that will fill and satisfy your hunger. As you grow in the Lord and mature,
just like growing up physically, you find it takes more of a strong solid
diet to continue the growth. So what is it that you hunger and thirst after
today? Are you looking in the right realm to satisfy the need, or will you
keep looking in the outward and find yourself still lacking?
Psalms 34:10 The young lions do lack, and
suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
(KJV)
It is the younger, less mature lions that
are lacking because they haven’t learned to exercise their hunting skill
and senses, which is why they still hunger. The younger lions seek for
prey, but in the wrong areas and end up lacking or wanting. The same holds
true with many younger Christians who are seeking things that will satisfy
the heart, yet they too end up in looking in the wrong places.
Matthew 6:31-34 Therefore take no
thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (32) For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things. (33) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (34) Take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for
the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (KJV)
Think of your walk as a training camp, or
should I say a retraining program. All our lives we are taught to look for
things in the physical realm to satisfy our need, when in fact the Lord is
pointing us in the opposite direction first. But how many of us are truly
willing to trust in Him and build that confidence; knowing that if we seek
Him first and look for our answer in His realm, it’s only then that He is
able to respond and supply all our need? When situations arise in your life
is your first thought prayer, asking God what to do, or do you run in
circles chasing your tail in this realm? Like with the younger lions, they
make many unsuccessful hunting attempts before they realize that unless
they get it right they will die of starvation. Christians are the same way,
they keep trying to do things the old way and then wonder why they don’t
get new results. In order to operate in the new realm and become successful
in your spiritual hunting you need to rely on your Spiritual senses in
order to get the meat of the Word of God. Remember the term ‘the last shall
be first and the first last’? Well, the first place the world seeks after
is the last place we should look. And the last place mankind would look too
is the first place we should be seeking for all our need. The just shall
live by faith. It is a spiritual path we walk now and it takes our
Spiritual senses to lead and guide us on this path if we wish to endure to
the end.
Galatians 5:16-18 This I say then, Walk
in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (17) For the
flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and
these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things
that ye would. (18) But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the
law. (KJV)
Talk about complete opposites, two
completely different realms, with two different outcomes. Call it a tug a
war; like Paul wrote he had to die daily, keeping his body in subjection to
the Spirit. Otherwise you will end up misled and walking a dead end path of
darkness. What you thought was leading you closer to the Lord was actually
misleading you further and further from the truth. Many begin in the Spirit
with good intentions, but end up trying to perfect their walk in the flesh
and end up dying from malnutrition.
Proverbs 4:18-19 But the path of the just
is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (19)
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
(KJV)
Are you able to see God’s plan of
salvation for yourself? Do you know how to walk in the Spirit and how to
seek first the things of God that will fill the heart and illuminate the
path of life? The more you stay on this path, the clearer it becomes. The
more one walks in the Spirit, the more they continue to exercise their
Spiritual senses so that they can grow strong in the Lord and in the power
of His might. Like with reading a book, the more you look into it, the more
of an understanding you will have as to its contents and the author. The
more you look into God’s realm, the more He is willing to show you His
insights.
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