Not sure how this one popped in my brain, but I actually stopped my work while I was working because the light of the reality of it caught me off guard. I know I’ve been reading stuff about the brain. Saw a show last night on PBS about training the brain. Eh. So, I’m at my desk and this thought comes to mind how my body, my flesh, my earth suit is trying to tell me what to do. It was like I heard it or saw the dynamic. Hmmm, this morning I was thinking this too; the contrast between the fleshly mind of Colossians 2 and the MIND OF CHRIST in Corinthians. Glory 🙂 Almost immediately after this brief light of revelation verses came to mind,
Romans 7:23, “but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.”
Galatians 5:17, “For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.”
Makes more sense now. Its like I was shown in great depth at a glance how a math equation works then show the black characters on paper. My paraphrase of my experience of seeing this from a different perspective would be that this earth suit tries to have a mind of its own. Its literally and intrinsically prior to Christ hell-bent and cannot help itself. No fig leaf can fix it. Only the holiest of all blood in all creation can purchase it back. The other thing I saw was my inner man. I believe my spirit is (for a lack of terms) encapsulated around my soul. When rhema comes from the Holy Spirit it affected my whole being in this instance. The Spirit of God quickened this, unveiled it to my spirit, in turn this affected my soul. My soul then remembered verses. My body reacted by being fearful of something somewhat alien yet very real by jerking back in my seat. I recall on the road to Emmaus the two men who saw the resurrected Christ (whom they did not recognize) and after they He spoke with them the told each other,”They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning1 within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32. The word “burning” means pretty much that. To set on fire. His words set their hearts on fire. Praise God for the Word that He speaks from His throne directly into our hearts. Something happened today. Good stuff.
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