It took me quite a while to realize it wasn’t works that led to righteousness, but righteousness that led to works. My heart’s desire was to be righteous, so I spent most of my time trying to do something to become something. By doing all the right things (reading, studying, praying), I was attempting to regulate my behavior, thinking it would come in line as a result of these efforts. Nevertheless, I had the cart before the horse. Continue reading
Spending time in prayer and reading God’s Word are necessary, but not in the way we’ve thought.
My goal to walk in righteousness and bear good fruit had led me to seek out the path to transformation. I still had some things to learn about fruit. Continue reading
II Corinthians 3 ~ How To See the Unseen
In Friday’s post, Beyond Beholding, we talked about the meaning of beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord…seeing the glory of the Lord in us. But, how do we know what that glory looks like? Continue reading
The Transforming Secret We’ve Missed
We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory…. II Corinthians 3:18
How does this transformation take place? Exactly how do we “behold the glory…? DON’T MISS THIS !Continue reading
Through the Word of God, I was becoming increasingly assured that transformation did indeed come as a result of ‘renewing the mind’. Nevertheless, searching to find the exact meaning of this term, I found only repeated explanations that amounted to nothing more than mere self-effort. Continue reading
Romans 12 ~ More Evidence for the Keys to Transformation
Although I’d seen an abundance of evidence to establish the truth of what I’d discovered concerning my fruit following my focus, I began to wonder if it could possibly be this simple. Continue reading
Genesis 27 ~ Another observation from the life of Jacob
In addition to his incident involving those fruitful flocks, Jacob has more history that proves helpful as we determine to set our mind and focus on who we are in the spirit. Can there be too many reminders of the importance of recognizing our true identity? One thing is sure, Jacob had some experience in determining identity. Continue reading
Genesis 30 ~ An Unlikely Secret to Fruitfulness
At least one thing had changed as a result of these new discoveries. A burden had definitely lifted! The more I took control of my thoughts based on these truths from God’s Word, the more relief and joy I experienced.
My focus had changed. Now maybe my fruit would change too. A story from the life of Jacob provides unexpected revelation.
Romans 8 ~ Finally Discovering How to Walk in the Spirit
Having now realized the truth about walking according to the flesh, I began to consider the other aspect of Romans 8:4-5 ….walking according to the spirit. If I had been confused over the exact meaning of the one, I was really in the dark over the other.
Exactly what does walking in the spirit mean? Continue reading
Romans 8 ~ The Truth We’ve Missed That’s Prevented Transformation
As I continued my search for the key to walking according to the spirit and not according to the flesh, I came upon what appeared to be the answer.
According to Romans 8:5, at least I could say that my mind was not set on fleshly things. Or so I thought.Continue reading