Day Seventy
UNSHAKEABLE!
“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock.” Mt 7:24 Amp
“…Yet once more will I shake and make tremble not only the earth but also the [starry] heavens.” Heb 12:26 Amp
“…as He is, so are we in this world.” 1Jn 4:17 Amp
“Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. Ps 119:89 Amp
The person that is hidden in Christ Jesus, is obedient to Him and His word, has their very substance in Him and is “as He is” – that one is unshakeable! They have heard His word and it moves them to action and change — even a great change in their perspectives on things. They are being built upon the rock that is higher than I — Christ Jesus. All that is of Christ in them – of faith, hope, and love… is unshakeable! Our growth in Him, our maturity in Christlikeness – makes us unshakeable.
To be unshakeable – is to be settled! Like His word in heaven – which cannot be moved – the person built on Christ and His truth is settled, and thus unshakeable.
Why is this important to me? Because where I let His word invade me, bring light and change, renew my thinking – I am settled! I no longer have a place for darkness to bring doubt – I am settled!
The application of this was brought to bear powerfully as I was teaching a class to discuss according to Scripture: “Can the enemy read our thoughts?” For as long as I have been a believer I have been told the enemy cannot read our thoughts. But I had never relied solely on what the Bible explicitly said, or revealed by implication to be true. So our class pursued this topic. But an interesting question arose, “Why does this even matter? Why do we need to know this if God can use every opportunity to overcome and leverage the enemy’s ability – so what if the enemy can read our minds?”
First off – I will tell you my conclusion after much study and waiting before the Lord – was that indeed the enemy cannot read our thoughts. But I believe he is legally able to access the quality of our thought patterns – whether they be of light or dark. And of course he can plant many thoughts. And does – which is our battle to overcome. But this derivative question of why pursue such a course of inquiry if God has got it covered, provoked me. I want to share why.
To start, this is something that frequently happens in my life. I study something. I gain some insight and estimate that the issue is reasonably resolved. It gets shelved. But later, I may actually have to reinvestigate the whole thing if my thinking has not actually been renewed on the subject – if the Truth has not fully possessed me.
However, if I have investigated deeply enough and my thinking is actually renewed – then the issue becomes “settled” along the lines of truth. In this place my thinking has so changed that it is not that I simply agree with the new information – but rather that that becomes my thinking. It is here that my thoughts have come into agreement with the will of God and His truth. They have become submitted to truth, and truth has invaded them. I no longer have to check with my “Christian party line” so to speak. But rather, my thoughts have been flooded with the light of truth. In this place – Christlikeness now reigns. In this area – as He is, so am I in the world. In this place – I am unshakeable!
Now it is one thing for me to have the mind of Christ about a topic or issue – such as the enemy’s ability or inability. This is a wonderful thing. But it is something very different for me to begin to have the mind of Christ about God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Lord Jesus Himself in the context of this issue!
In the investigation of whether the enemy can read our thoughts, I gained not just what I think is the Biblical truth on this question, but serendipitously I gained way more! By excavating the word of God on this topic I was not only brought to a new level of “settledness” over this question, but more importantly I was advanced in my “settleness” and actual “unshakeability” concerning the very nature of God! This is something I did not calculate gaining, but it so supersedes the value of the reason for the study to begin with as to be of exponential value to me as a believer!
God’s goal for us is unity with Him – in every area. Total submission– because we trust Him with a trust like Job’s (“though He slay me yet will I trust Him.”) Sometimes it is a stepping stone leap into this kind of trust. We are not pursuing it directly – we don’t know how to do that. But God in His graciousness will provoke us to pursue a line of questioning – and it ends up pursuing Him! This is His inestimable grace at work! I can only stand amazed at it.
So why look for Bible truth for our Biblical questions? Because on the way to finding answers, sometimes God shows up and reveals that He Is! What started as a search for doctrinal truth ends up as a God ordained renovation project where He shows us Himself and ushers us into a state of being ‘UNSHAKEABLE” in Him. HUA!
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