Chapter Twenty-one "Pain;s Alarm Initiates Newness"

CHAPTER 21

PAIN’S ALARM INITIATES NEWNESS

This is an on going study that has expanded over most of my adulthood life - this matter of pain, mental and physical, and levels of powers available to deal with it. It does not go to many of the extreme you have heard of, faith healers, god like doctors who aren't gods, the extremes that would block what I have come to call, Pain's Alarm that Initiates Newness, and leads us to the Ultimate response to Pain's Alarm.

WHEN PAINS ALARM SOUNDS

I am going to get right to the point, and later if it is needed, explain all that I am about to share with you.  First off, NO FEAR; what I want to share has its intent to eliminate any fear of things you may have heard or seen of methods to deal with mental, emotional, or physical pains;  simply consider what I will be sharing and apply it to your life.  If what I have to share is true, you will see its truth revealed in your experience of it all.   To the point:

1.       PAIN – break down the letters of this word,

a.       “P” – Pain’s

b.      “A” – Alarm

c.       “I” – Initiates

d.      “N” – Newness

Know that pain is a teacher; “Pain’s alarm sounding, desires to initiate newness in your life, and is only there to direct you to its elimination.  Thank God for it, and allow His alarm to ultimately draw you to Him to eliminate the pain, whatever it might be.  Here is a simple prayer that you might pray in times of pain, a prayer that would have to be beyond what you think or feel at the moment – “Father, I thank you for your beautiful alarm system that now is sounding and is drawing me to you to eliminate this pain.  Amen”

Enough said with that; moving on –

Now, according to what scriptures shares to us, what you do next will be “according to the power operative in you,” (Ephesians 3:20)  At one level of power you might be lead go to a doctor; at another level you might be lead to do something personally that would ease your pain; yet, at what might be called the highest level of maturity, you turn to God to eliminate your pain and He does it according to the power that “He had given to you, preparing you for this very moment.”  You read this in the above Ephesians 3:20 text… "Now to the One who is able to do beyond all things, superabundantly beyond and over and above those things that we are asking for ourselves and considering, in the measure of the power which is operative in us; to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus into all the generations of the age of the ages.  Amen (Wuest expanded Greek translation).

This text is the Ultimate Intention of what He had accomplished for us and “wants to do, being able to do this, His being God with all power to offer.  The question is, “How much of this power and through what source do you want this power to come?”  If you can’t grasp the true reality of God’s presence, feeling He is invisible, then this power will come to you via a doctor or some effort on your part; remember it is written above, “He is able to do all things,” things beyond limited body exercises of ourselves and others.  But until this power comes which would allow Him to do thing beyond your wildest imagination, He works through your limitations.

We have all heard and seen the stories of those miraculously healed mentally, emotionally and physically; and have wondered why this hasn’t happen for others.  This matter of “the power operative in you” has a lot to do with this.  The key appears to be not waiting for the days of adversity to hit us, then expecting God to do something.  You have to learn what He has done before hand, and be ready to apply it in those times of need. 

Over the years I have come to understand what I share here though many mental, emotional and physical trials.  As strange as this might sound, I have come to rejoice in tribulations, trials and testing’s, because without them I would not have had the experience of what I am now sharing.  My persevering in these trials and moments of pain, has given me the experience, experience to which I am not ashamed to say that at times I failed miserably at.  I have now come to some level of knowing that there is HOPE for all of us, at any level, to get deliverance from all forms of human pains.

There is much more to this matter of “Pain’s Alarm,” and my personal experiences that I will be sharing in future articles.  This is only an introduction to see if there are those who desire to access higher levels than they presently are at, thus increasing this God given power that is said to be operative in us.

Here are a few entrees that I will give you for now until I can give you the foundation to this study that will have what is shared work for you.

MORE ON “PAIN’S” ALARM

“Thank you Father for Pain’s alarm, it initiates the newness in me.”

Though it is true, because of the fall of Adam and the introduction of the death process and its affect appearing inevitable; though it is true the outward man is decaying, yet I know this, the inward man can be renewed day by day.  This inward renewal can be “put on” and this decaying outward man can be “put off.”

The affect of putting on and putting off, what is this you may ask?  There are times, which we have all experienced, knowing it at times and at times not knowing it, this putting on and putting off.  Have you ever had it said to you, “My, you look tired.”  “My you look pale.”  Yet at other times one might say to you, “My, you look fresh and alive today.”  “My you are glowing,”

This is something of the outward change that can be seen in us all.  Its causes can be mimicked without the spirit element.  Like using make-over procedures.  Make-up and all.  I am not saying this, nor was Paul the Apostle.  This putting on and putting off is much greater than our own self efforts.

This inward renewal is said to be from one degree of glory to another degree of glory.  And this glory comes from what’s called faith to faith or better said, hearing from God inwardly, which empowers the inward man.  It builds in brightness and is stored in us.

Paul in his early writings discovered this, yet didn’t at that moment know that this inward building-up of glory could be put-on.  This putting on the inward glory would put-off the outward man.  This putting off would be as I’ve seen it.  You could be 60 years of age showing signs of wrinkles, lost of hair, the usual signs of human aging.  But, when the inward man, this build up of glory or renewing in us is put-on, all these elements of aging can not been seen.  Those around you see “the glory”.  Those in the New Age movement call it the aurora.   Some claiming they can see this glow of aurora in various colors around individuals; a color for sickness; a different color of health.  I do agree with this truth they claim to see.  For there have been times I have seen it myself.   Jesus manifested this on the Mount of Olives when He was seen of Peter, James and John; the brightness of His inward glory shown through His outward garb.  The Father in this rare moment manifested the full pre-incarnate Glory of the Son.  This same glory now resides in us, waiting to be manifest at the Father’s designated time and for His purposes;  as it is written, “Christ in you, the hope of Glory.”

SELF CREATED ALARMS & FALSE ALARMS

I made use of my PAIN principle and while I was doing this these added thoughts came to me:

False alarms and self created alarms.  For example if you smoke, what makes you smoke another cigarette?  The answer is a self created alarm caused by the nicotine in your body.  An alarm goes off so you automatically light up another.  Then a little later the nicotine wears off, the alarm sounds again, so you light up again.  This is what I mean by “self-created” alarms.

O.K. Lord, you gave me these thoughts about self-created alarms, how do I illuminate it?

Answer:  “When this alarm goes off, do the same thing you have done when the alarm of physical pain sounds.”  Pain’s alarm initiates Newness.  It’s just another alarm, though self created.”

O.K. Lord, now what did you mean by false alarms?”

Answer:  “False alarms are linked with adrenalin.  You see it on your job; someone accidently pulls a red phone, there is no real cause for alarm, yet not knowing this your adrenalin system kicks in and you run to a code in the prison.  Another example is when the Telecommunications Operator yells into the P.A. system a simple movement.  Her yelling causes your adrenalin rush – false alarm.  (She was told to use a softer voice for general announcements, saving a louder voice for emergency code calls.  You also get the false alarm when you read News articles or go on the web to Youtube videos – “The world is coming to an End!!”  Your alarm system starts going off –“fight or flight.”  Then the adrenalin starts flowing.  Learn to sit lightly to the cares and affairs of this world.

In your past, in the middle of it all manning a 168 inmate unit, when a code 33 was called –fight or flight- with an adrenalin rush occurred.  But now working in a Tower outside it all, you have to learn to adjust.  You can’t run to the code and desert your post.  You can observe what you can in a relaxed fashion as never before.  It’s your last year on this job, and you are in a tower…relax a little!”

One more thing on the alarm system and using this PAIN principle; once the alarm sounds, you acknowledge it, turn it off and thank God for it, the beautiful alarm system of this body.  Now thank Him for initiating what Christ accomplished for you by His strips you are healed.  Now expect Newness to come to this area of pain. 

Now this can take sometimes moments, this newness; and at other times hours, days, even weeks; it depends on what it is, how much healing God has got to do; how much obstruction is in your mind.  At times we set the alarm off again by our own stupid thoughts.  If this happens simply repeat what you did in the initial sounding of this alarm.

Finally remember – the first thing you think of in these moments, express it, it usually is pain!  Let that word PAIN initiate your acknowledging its alarm.  Remember…Pain’s alarm Initiates Newness.  Work it out…and I will work.