Christ and the Word

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Rev 19:13)

If we hold on the God’s Word, Covenants, promises etc, it is supremely noble. It is the Word of God that removes the stain of everything humanly sinful with all its baggage. But if the Word remains at this state it can evolve to a creed which when left to human interpretation it may lose the entire spiritual reality of Christ.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

Before any existence, Christ was and through Him all things came into being. The finality of everything is Christ (Eph 1:10). Everything that we read in the Word brings us to Christ, therefore the covenants and promises in the Holy Scriptures have nothing to do with us, but wholly about Christ. It is we that have been included into Christ; we shouldn’t and dare not say that Christ exist for us.  We exist for Christ, not Christ exists for us. We may not articulate it this way, but our daily outworking can demonstrate this trait. Christianity is about Christ, yet we can preach, teach and think that it is about us. God’s salvation plan is that we are included into all that is Christ. It is not so much about how much Jesus loves me and blessed me; we need to work out our salvation with reverent fear and trembling to die to human selfishness in our brand of Christianity. Don't settle for less than God's eternal glory.

Inward Strength

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man….(Eph 4:23-24)

We can try all we want to overcome whatever that we struggle with, whether it be sin, depression, unforgiveness, or perhaps some character flaw that we realize is hurting others or ourselves. There could be doubts about the possibility of deliverance or even toying with the idea that God is not capable to help. Trying is not the recipe for deliverance.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;  (2Cor 10:5)

The strongest stronghold in any person is found in the mind and more than often not it has to do with self-pride. We can justify why we cannot forgive or any other struggle; all these are reasoned in the mind. Having the mind of Christ is to reason from God’s perspective and more often than not, it goes against the grain of pride. Having the mind of Christ requires laying down our will as well as our pride for God’s will. It is the laying down of what is important in our minds to what is important to Christ. We will realize that inward strength is not of our own, but is when we step self aside and let God do the right and just thing. It has nothing to do with what we feel, but all to do with Christ’s glory.