Chapter Twenty-three "Those that Wait Upon the Lord - Looking Pass the Mirror"

CHAPTER 23

THOSE THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD –LOOKING PASS THE MIRROR

We are told that “those that wait upon the Lord RENEW their strength.”  Just how far does the renewal extend?  The answer would be, “as far as you in your mind allows it.”  That’s the problem; our old mind set does not allow it.

 

I want to get into some ADVANCE CHRISTIAN STUDIES that will research this matter of renewing our minds as scriptures commands us.  We are told to have the same mind, this mind being the mind which was in Christ Jesus.  So the question to begin with would be, “what kind of mind was that?”  The Apostle Paul touches upon it in the book of Romans; “I beg you brethren, that you give your bodies as a LIVING sacrifice.”  We all know that this outward man is decaying, yet are told that the inward man can be renewed day by day.  Also we discover that this NEW MAN can be put on.  This putting on, in context of this command, is something that can be done here and now.  In heaven we will not need this because once we cross that threshold, that renewal will be complete, and whatever we learned via the flesh will be removed, it not being allowed to enter into this New Existence.  In other words, what I have discovered is that we do not have to wait until the sweet bye and bye to make use of this renewing.  But, for this new mind set to kick in, the old would have to die via a process. 

It has been said, “that for a new way to come into play, for a new paradigm to be activated, the old way would have to wax old and decay.  Without a doubt we all are experiencing this.  Just take a look in the mirror.  That, once again is our problem; this stead fast gaze we have day by day looking in the mirror.  Can we LOOK PASS the mirror?  I have discovered that this is possible.  It is a gradual matter to which at one point we either change our stinking thinking or we head in the direction that all go.  Paul the Apostle once again reveals this to us, “those that live after the flesh are on their way to dying.” 

So, let me at this point ask you the reader, “Do you want to adventure with me and not be conformed to this world, but allow the transformation to begin, and see the renewing process develop to the point that you can put off the old and put on the new, thus having this renewed mind set sustain you until the coming of our Lord Jesus who had said, “He overcame the world;” that is the question.  What is your response?  Paul September 21, 2014