Shattering Your Darkness
Jesus overcame the broken systems of this world. The world's systems are not in alignment with the Kingdom of God; these systems are designed to keep men trapped where they are, in all sorts of bondage and slavery, and not able to truly live but merely trying to survive. As Christians who have chosen to invite Jesus into our hearts and to be led by the Holy Spirit during our daily walk of Christianity, we have access to life and life more abundant (John 10:10). Because Jesus overcame the world, we are also able to overcome the world and all it brings, by choosing to transform our minds by reading the very Word of God so that it penetrates deeply into our hearts and we come alive. Bit by bit, we will surrender every single aspect of our lives to God as we come alive so that He can help us to reflect Jesus more accurately each day, no matter our circumstances.
The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares tells us that the world has sown some seeds within our hearts that are not of God's Kingdom, yet God leaves them there until it is time for the full harvest to be collected. I believe that this points to our ever-increasing need to pursue healing and heart wholeness with the help of our Heavenly Father. When I pause to truly consider this parable, things become a little more clear to me. God loves us so much that He doesn't want to risk uprooting the tender, new Fruit of the Spirit now growing in our hearts by pulling out the tares/weeds that Satan has sown in our hearts. Father God knows that we have asked His Son become our Master Gardener, the one who will now tend to the Garden that is in our hearts. God also knows that eventually the Holy Spirit will reveal to us exactly what is needed to set us free from worldly snares so that we can become who it is He made us to be. Our part is to learn about and meditate upon Heaven's Standard in order to be set apart for His use while we allow Him to transform us from Glory (where you first opened your heart to Him) to Glory (where you actually reflect Him well to the outside world).
Once we begin the process of being transformed by washing our minds with the Word of God (Ephesians 5:26), we are then able to begin to focus on helping other people learn who it is that He says they are so that they too may start to live life more abundantly in Jesus (John 10:10). One of the greatest things that the Body of Christ needs to begin to do effectively today is to choose to pursue wholeness within our own hearts before we plunge in to trying to help others. Once we have begun to grow in grace for others, as well as develop increasing integrity within our own character, we can be far more effective as we train and equip others. It is vital that we all learn to overcome the obstacles in our lives in order to become who Father God made us to be so that we can each step into our proper positions within the Body of Christ and then move forward together in unity, following Jesus Christ who is our head (Colossians 1:18).
Our biggest challenge may be developing a way to remove ourselves from the influences of the culture within which we are living in order to teach and train people in a Biblical fashion.
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