SANCTIFICATION OF THE MIND
- A Collection of Thoughts
- Jul 1, 2016
- 5 min read
"My son, don’t forget my teaching, keep my commands in your heart; 2 for they will add to you many days, years of life and peace. 3 Do not let grace and truth leave you —bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people. 5 Trust in Adonai with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths. 7 Don’t be conceited about your own wisdom; but fear Adonai, and turn from evil. 8 This will bring health to your body and give strength to your bones. 9 Honor Adonai with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your income. 10 Then your granaries will be filled and your vats overflow with new wine. ..." - - Proverbs 3:1 - 10 CJB (Complete Jewish Bible)
The mind, is a beautiful thing. Intellect itself is not evil. However, it is evil if it is not placed within proper boundaries.
Yahweh, Himself, created the mind in all peoples. He desired us to have a cognitive function, for us to be able to process things and think.
Where we get off of this understanding, is if we try to think outside of Him.
Sanctification: "to be set apart or consecrated" (1)
Yahweh desires us to use the minds He gave us, but the key here; is that we are not the masters of the mind - - but He is the Absolute Authority of our minds.
This, is where Kingdom Solutions come in.
Man has created many things with the mind, and Yahweh has helped some that are of Him and allowed others for specific purposes and plans. However, because there is no full sanctification, more open doors to problems come in requiring a Kingdom Solution.
Kingdom Solutions are completely and utterly following His mind, His Authority, His plans and purposes for His people. It is not self - serving; as leaning to our own understanding will do if not put in it's proper place. Rather, Kingdom Solutions follow what His heart and banner is over His people is: Knowing you are greatly loved and of great price to Him, as well as your brothers and sisters; and that He is the Absolute Supreme Authority, especially over any and all kinds of darkness.
The mind is to be placed in a Hebrew mindset, not a Greek one. (2)
Therefore, if Yahweh asks you to do something, like take a step of faith though everything you were taught says otherwise; you are walking in a Hebrew mindset. Because of this, taking a step of faith or putting your trust in Him concerning a difficult situation for example; will offend the mind - - the Greek mind.
Knowledge is beautiful, it is good to know; better, to understand. But knowledge, in the definitions that man has placed, cannot save you. Knowledge must be placed in the context of Yahweh and what He desires for His people for it to be 100% useful in the original intent and identity He created it for.
Some say, 'well, what are the boundaries? How does this even work?'
By submitting to Him. By choosing to say, 'yes, I may have had this knowledge or that training, these degrees and this experience... but I choose to count this as nothing unless I submit what Yahweh has given me to be used for His purposes and plans. For knowledge left alone without it's true Authority, will leave me and those around me in utter ruin in many areas of life.'
Knowledge unsanctified will seem good at first but lead to destruction.
Knowledge sanctified will seem difficult at first but lead to peace and a beautiful legacy.
You can be defined by the world systems as a genius. High IQ, knowledge, understanding and reasoning. But as beautiful as the intellect that person may have, it will bring utter chaos if left to your own understanding.
This is one of the main reasons, Yahweh uses this passage in Proverbs to state that we should not lean to our own understanding.
Yahweh is eternal, our knowledge is limited to time.
Therefore, we must choose to accept and understand that Yahweh is the Absolute Authority in these matters.
We don't know it all! And it's okay!!
Yahweh knew we don't know it all, and He will not punish you for it. Rather, He gives us an invitation to Him, so we can continue to learn and grow in Him because despite all the lies the enemy works overtime on trying to get you to believe them, He is truly a Good God.
After all, it is not about the destination; it is about the journey.
It is tempting to do things in our own strength, to give all that we have in something that we think is right. But if it is not under Him, it will lead to destruction. He will happily save us from that destruction, by choosing to follow Him and not our own understanding.
When you choose to accept that He is the final Authority over your mind and take joy in that salvation alone, literally; your mind will begin to re-align and re-adjust. It is as though, everything you were taught, all of your training gets re-calibrated and put into a new place. You will think differently, as thoughts here and trainings there begin to make sense to the point that you have great peace wash over you.
This is a part of being aligned with Him in mind, body and spirit. Every area of you spills over His goodness, full of the fruits of His spirit; delighting Him and helping others around you come into a new dimension and height with Him.
If you want to go higher in Him, if you want to really be used for His Kingdom, if you really want to be a part of this new movement that He is doing; it is time to submit what you know and think to Him, and allow Him to guide you.
For knowledge alone leads to destruction, but knowledge aligned with Yahweh leads to the Kingdom of Heaven for all.
It's Time to Submit! And It's Time to Align!
- - A Collection of Thoughts
(Picture 1 Source: Pixabay, Picture 2 Source: Wix, Picture 3 Source: Pixabay, Picture 4 Source: Wix)
(2) A Time to Advance: Understanding the Significance of the Hebrew Tribes and Months by Chuck D. Pierce and Robert and Linda Heidler. Published by Glory of Zion International Ministries. 2011.
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