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All around us we find a mental health crisis. Chinese COVID and demonically inspired hatred of our president, have raised the anxiety level of most humans to the breaking point. Depression. Sleeplessness. Inability to function. Outbursts of anger. Violence even. Social media has become a weapon of darkness. Violent and evil feelings are vented for all to see in hopes we become – infected. Be like them.
There is a pathway to freedom from this mental and emotional stress, anxiety and fear – the renewing of our minds. Ro 12:2. “And do not be conformed to this world, world’s system, world’s way of thinking, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.…”
A mind set on things of this world, of life in the flesh, a life without the Spirit, is DEATH, whereas the mind set on the Spirit is LIFE and PEACE.” Ro 8:6.
So freedom comes as we stop thinking like the world thinks.
Watching a lot of news? Lots of social media? May I suggest your mind is NOT being renewed to God’s ways. There is no transformation out of this world’s system taking place. The world’s way of thinking is thinking based only on feelings, of thinking based only on doing. Feelings and doings.
Life based on feeling says, “How do I feel today? How do I feel about my job? How do I feel about my spouse? How do I feel about worship? How do I feel about the preacher?” “The president?” How I feel is my reality. Life by feeling will never experience the transforming power of God, for it is worldly thinking.
Life based on doing says, “Don’t give me your theology. Just tell me what to do. Give me the 4 points for this; give me the 7 keys for that.” Politically, let me riot and destroy to make my point. Life by doing will never experience transforming power of God, for it is worldly thinking.
God is not against the principles of feeling and doing. He is a God of powerful and passionate feeling and He commands us to be doers. But feelings and doing are insufficient foundations for the Christian life.
The first questions cannot be: “How do I feel?” or “What do I do?” Facebook is full of people who wander aimlessly, swallowed up by feelings and doings (mostly rants and judgments). Rather, our questions must be “What is true here? Where is truth? We find truth in what God’s Word says! We find truth in what the Spirit of the Living God speaks to us.
My dear friend, take time to read and meditate upon the word of God. And pray! Speak to our Father; talk to Jesus. Ask for divine wisdom and understanding, for the unfolding of – the TRUTH. Yes, spend time with God. Ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
You’ll be transformed, anxieties will leave, peace will come — you will COME ALIVE!
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