We shared, in part 3, about how we must have TRUE PEACE, through Jesus, to minister to others.
Now let me reach YOUR HEART. Let me touch YOU. If you open your heart, and receive all the beauty and joy you can have in Him, you won't be able to handle the people who will flock to you - desiring what you have so badly that they will BEG you to share with them your secret.
Yes. You need the KEY to all happiness.
I love Jesus SO VERY MUCH - since he is the source of blessings SO RICH that you will feel IN LOVE with HIM - so euphoric and swept away with his Love, Joy and Peace that HE will be, for you, as a sweet perfume - a scent of Paradise itself!
We are focussing on the PEACE he gives - and for good reason!
We won't preach at you and tell you what you are doing wrong. We'll give you a very practical description of how you may obtain it.
Dear brother or sister - I love you so much with the Love Of Christ. Please consider putting on worship music that exudes PEACE. I do not wish to teach Your Mind, but Your Heart.
The music of John Michael Talbot or the piano music of Jamie Horton works.
I will paint you pictures. There is a very profound scriptural teaching springing from the Mystery Of Christ. But these pictures, and the music that fills your heart, will let you enter into the Heart Of Jesus. This is what you need! Believe me! God wants your heart even more than your mind.
If you've followed us so far you know that our fleshly controlling minds hold our heart and our spirits in bondage. God will give His Holy Spirit to all who believe. So why are so many Christians bound and unspiritual? They refuse to surrender. Their insecurities and fears prevent them from giving up control! God sees your problem. He wants to help you with that.
Music frees our hearts. When you listen to spiritual, peaceful music, if you are a believer, God will always attempt to shut down that cruel jailkeeper - your carnal mind. He will move right into your heart as soon as you crack open the door even a tiny bit! Soon sweet biblical truths will Come Alive in your heart - not through analytical thought, but in LIVING COLOR in your LIBERATED HEART. That's how your loving Heavenly Father desires to teach you. Yes! Labor to read his precious spiritual Words! But those words need to Come Alive in your Heart so they will do you, and others, real good.
My son and I sat by a pond, in complete solitude, in a woodland park, today. As I sat I let down my guard so God could touch and heal my vulnerable tender heart. The setting sun cast a gentle warm glow on the pond, marshland and woods. Woodland scents entered my mind, triggering rich memories from my youth and childhood. The sound of marshland birds reached in. HE, my dear Lord, used each of these to reach deeper and deeper inside me. Time stood still.
My son sat next to me whittling away on a walking stick. I realized we would both remember these moments forever. He'll not be fifteen ever again. Sure, he interupted my meditations - Thank God! It all blended into one, precious, beautiful moment.
I've never smoked marijuana. I really don't need to. Others have told me that "colors have meaning" - things seem rich. Childhood is chemically restored. All of this damages their minds.
My God is far better and reaching into our deepest heart. What is it that causes a sight, sound, or smell to "mean something"? Infants and toddlers feel that way. Do you remember how a bright red shiny object could be a thing of wonder? As we age, particularly in those rough adolescent years, we lose that. God gives us other gifts.
You must be converted and become like a child to "see the Kingdom of God". Only by shutting down that "know it all" adult controlling mind can your heart come alive.
Come on! Do you really think God wants you hard, cold and unfeeling? Or should the very sight of another human cause your heart to be stirred with compassion?
When the Bride Of Christ ages into a cold, hard, bitter hag - well then God has to unleash pain and suffering and judgment. Those chissels will break through and do the job that sweet prayer and meditation could have accomplished so much more gently.
We have the Promise Of The Father. If we believe he will pour His Holy Spirit into our hearts. But NOT until we drop our pride and give up control of our hearts. I don't care who you are. You need Love!
Most Christians are very unbalanced. They've loaded the shopping cart of their minds - even their refrigerators and freezers - with bible truths. But their hearts have not caught up with their minds. Why go buy it, with your precious time, if you're not going to ENJOY THE FEAST? Isn't that kind of silly.
No wonder Christians stop reading the bible. Everything they've obtained is rotting in the "crisper" (Why do they call it a "crisper" when that's where stuff rots?? lol)
Then we DO OUR DUTY and evangelize (Maybe!). But we're talking ahead of our experience.
You'd be better off drinking that New Wine and exuding such Love, Joy & Peace that you DRAW people to Jesus. Then you'll NEED to share the joy - or you'll just POP if you try holding it in.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE TRULY "IN LOVE"? Are all your puppies barking? Don't you know that noone will want a cold, dead religion? Something may be driving you. But if you aren't experiencing the inner Peace that comes from dying to self - people will sense it. Your eyes tell a story, you know.
And we worship things. It may be dead religion. But lack of peaceful meditation will leave you with nothing but materialism - daily stress, anxiety, legal duty, and fears of all sorts.
So we worship a block of wood - the idol our carnal mind has created and named "God". It cannot see, cannot hear, cannot FEEL, and cannot save YOU or ANYONE ELSE.
(My son wrote a song, "Do You See", that brings this out so beautifully)
And we become just like the idol we worship.
The vast majority of those who read this are cheating themselves out of living. God made the sun stand still for Joshua. He can give you a precious window of time. He can stop the clock for you. You can feel as though your day is lasting nearly FOREVER! Wouldn't you love that?
Are you listening to music? If not, why not??
Don't close your heart to your own precious little soul.
In Song Of Solomon 5, the bridegroom is out in the wild night air - with the dew upon Him, knocking for entrance into your life. The bride was in bed. She couldn't be bothered to get up and maybe get some dirt on her pretty little feet. Is that you? Will it cost you $500 just to let Him into your life with prayer, meditation or song?
That didn't work so well for Little Miss Bride. She ended up chasing Him, in vain, through the benighted streets. She got whooped by the "watchmen" (God's Prophets).
How did refusing to get our her cozy little beddy-bye work for HER?
She ended up crying for Him and not finding him. Her feet got plenty "dirty". She was beaten and bruised.
How are things going for you?
As Rich Mullins sang in one of his songs, "How Do You Feel??"
Religious?
Well GOOD FOR YOU! lol
If you want to "do the work of God", start by letting Jesus INTO YOUR HEART.
Buy OIL for your lamp! It takes a little time and a little effort.
But he's the one wanting to serve you, to delight you, to wash your feet!
Then people will crave what you have.
Go!
Find the SECRET OF TRUE HAPPINESS!
It's easier than falling out of bed.
