Why do Christians often choose to live the low life? Isn’t it sad that we make ourselves less important than God has made us? God saves our souls and causes us to sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus yet we choose the low life. We forget that we are no longer mere mortals by reason of the Holy Ghost indwelling us. Our spirit man has been released into life and is empowered to control our lives so that we no longer have to live at the low level of the flesh or if you like emotions.
Ephesians 2: 4 & 6NLT “But God is so rich in mercy, and He loved us so much…for He raise us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus”
Before a man gives his life to Christ, his spirit is dead; so he cannot help but be guided only by what he feels, sees or hears. At that point, man is led by his heart or intellect, all of which is at the low level of the soul. Without Christ man has no choice but to be guided by anything but his spirit because his spirit is dormant, without life and so unable to guide him until it is quickened by the Holy Spirit.
A number of unsaved people recognizing the need to be guided by something bigger than the soul but not wanting to accept Christ; get involved in several spiritual journeys that they hope will take them to another level, but end up nowhere. They perceive that the next level is somewhat spiritual so they want to project their minds, which they call spirit, hoping it will take them into that next level. They are like their master, the thief, who never wants to enter through the right door. Anyone who does not enter through the right door is a thief and that includes anyone trying to project in any way into a realm that is open only to as many as give their lives to Jesus.
John 10: 1 & 9NLT “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber…Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.”
As soon as a man turns his life to Jesus, the Holy Spirit comes to give life to his spirit. It just happens; he doesn’t need to do anything to make it happen. From that day, the Holy Spirit is then available to guide him in all things pertaining unto life. The man begins to learn a new way of life which is higher and better than in the past. The sad thing though is that a lot of us prefer to remain where we were. God assuages the need of man and yet man prefers to operate as he used to.
Romans 8: 15 & 16 NLT “So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s spirit when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call him, Abba, Father. For His spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.”
Unfortunately, we have so exalted the wrong things that we think it is okay to make all life’s decisions based on emotions. It is sadder still for women, because we often think it is okay for women to live at that very low level of making decisions based on emotions and we say it is feminine. It is an insult to the woman God made. God is calling us to higher grounds. It is time to come up higher in God. It is time to operate like royalty that we now are.
Pastor B it is just like you said some weeks ago:parameters! What are the parameters we use in determining what the 'high life' and the 'low life'? It's all twisted. We have twisted everything. We require a complete change of mindset only by the Spirit of God. And I know sometimes when we look around it seems that others are getting 'blessed' by what we have defined as blessing whereas we have failed to even see His many many blessings in our own lives just because it doesn't satisfy our criteria.
ReplyDeleteI am praying that by His Mercy God will continually elevate my vision to rise above all these basic things of life to the things that truly matter.