You will discover in Christ
that we are more than just our self-interests. See 2 Peter1:4 “. . . through
these promises, you will share in the divine nature . . .” This privileged
encounter and shared friendship/partnership with Jesus will start a release motivation.
Remember from your early up-bringing, your self-talk often
pushed your thoughts by saying you needed to go out into the world and show
everyone you were worth something. The inner voice demanded you become
successful, achieve things in the world values, become known as a doer of
magnificence. The inner conversation kept repeating you would not be loved if
not recognized for your good works. Within this pull was the idea that true
love can only be earned; it was never free.
Inch by inch, the misdirected
truth-voice tries to chip away at the real voice that affirms I am loved by God, undeniably and free
of merit. Even today, if you let the voice, you will hear it coming from
friends, family, or church. The thoughts come: Why am I not given any
attention? Why am I not as good as so in so? Why would they hurt me? If you
are not careful, you will start to daydream riches and fame. All the tempting
thoughts remind you of the moments you have allowed your faith only to weaken. Yet, in
your better moments, you know God has truly made you one of His heirs.
You may wonder if you will ever be free of the
misconceptions? You may have to battle misdirection all your life, but so far, you
can say with Jesus, “man does not live by bread alone.”
You
may wonder if you were released when the salvation experience occurred? Yes, you were given the power to be released
from loneliness, from the feeling of belonging nowhere, from sins you could not
solve yourself. Salvation remains a wonderful, supernatural experience. But at
the time of any lack of clarification and personal church experience, conversion
may have seemed too other worldly, like a whole different dimension,
unreachable by any physical effort. The spiritual and physical appeared too
divided. Perhaps once, you could not harmonize the two or feel good about the separation
of physical and spiritual.
But when you realize Jesus as friend, a release happens that
settles the tension between physical and spiritual. A genuine friend doesn’t
play “Gotcha”, point out every mistake you make. I true friend helps create new
options or directions of travel. Jesus becomes what I call a synergistic
bridge, a meshing to understand the spiritual and physical can cooperate and
become more than the sum of each individual parts. It happens when we
understand the sharing of the divine nature of Jesus. Your spiritual and
physical [S & P] does not have to war all the time because Jesus becomes an
ally, a genuine reality that is permanent. He is no longer some unreachable
idea of goodness. In the form of the Holy Spirit, He walks, talks, guides daily
when you take in his words and pay attention. The Matthew 5 guidelines become
the correct road to travel in any generation.
The whole process of release is not some vague, mysterious
ritual that only a few can possess. Any Christ committed person can yield by
offering the inner self, allowing one’s personal self-will to grow toward God’s
kingdom ideas, and truly trust Jesus everyday as a partner, permanent reality,
no trickster, and friend. You don’t have to beg, barter, or promise. Trust
becomes a two-way street. You are free from game playing. Remember, you can’t
out-think the Holy Spirit anyway. [more]
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