“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
This is a season of preparing for what we are going ahead into. A period of duality, of both and.
The doorway into the era of the Holy Spirit where the key is for our mindset to be United with God’s heart bringing a wholeness, completeness in our unity in Christ.
To be the mirror and the image of who we represent. To be the mind and body and person of Christ.
God is addressing where we have been invisible and unaccountable whilst simultaneously appearing and representing who and what we declare ourselves to be.
We are required to operate in the realm of the kingdom in a oneness of mind and spirit.
Our mind not just being what we think but complete, as God is complete, and being who, what and how also.
God’s agenda is on the restoration and renewal of the mind. On our being Holy as He is Holy.
“my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!”
Our sin is the fruit of brokenness and reflects that instead of wholeness. Christ as the vine has to be formed within us in our mindset and heart before we produce the good fruits of His Holy Spirit.
Our body as the church to come has to look like and be like Jesus. That reality will reflect His kingdom here on earth.
Christ exemplifies what it looks like to be fully human but bi-located with His mindset in the spiritual realm with His Father.
In His indwelling of us, by the Holy Spirit, we experience an increase in wisdom, mental and emotional capacity and stretch our mindset tent pegs to be the tabernacle for God.
“that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,”
To be totally dependent on God and journey with Him as new wine for this time.
We are here to mirror and image Christ whereas historically we have had Him mirror us. God is going to finish what He started
“so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”
We take hold of pursuing what Jesus died to achieve and our reconnecting to God.
The Holy Spirit reforms Christ in us.
The true reality and who we appear is paramount to transforming our inner world to reflect Christ wholly.
“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,”
We are delivered by Christ’s love shown to us within His body.
Love displaces lies and we can draw closer to the goal that we run towards when we are as one in a community. As one bride, in one body under the one headship of Christ.
The key is our oneness in mind, body and heart.
The illustration shows the key to our mindset and heart being one in the wholeness of Christ and God. Emanating Light that pushes back the darkness.
Five Scriptures that come to mind:
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 ESV
“my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!” Galatians 4:19 ESV
“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,”. 2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV
“that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,”. Ephesians 3:16-17 ESV
“so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 ESV
The song First Love. Michael Shannon
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