Creation part 4
Here's what I think I'm trying to say with this Rant series: We create our own realites by what we believe, and by what we say. Let me link some verses together: "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he..." (Proverbs 23:7). "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Romans 10:10). The heart and the mouth are directly linked. What you believe is what you say (or do). Jesus said that by our words we are justified or condemned. And, again, I don't believe that God is making a list of everything we say so that HE can justify or condemn us. I belia heve that we justify or condemn ourselves by what we say. Because what's in us comes out of us. As we think in our hearts, so are we. Two more verses: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..." (Proverbs 18:21). "Where the word of a king is, there is power..." (Ecclesiastes 8:4). We create death and life with what we say... what we confess. Whatever we believe manifests in our lives. ESPECIALLY when we speak it. ESPECIALLY when we act on it. So, yes, I believe we create our own realites. But watch this, because this is so glorious to me: "If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there" (Psalm 139:8). Even though we have been given dominion... even though we can create our own realities... there's something (love) that is always there, sometimes just behind the scenes. There is TRUE reality. There is GOD'S creation. A creation that is very good. A creation that is groaning, and waiting, for the manifestation of the Son(s) of God. There's a more excellent way. I preached one time that I don't believe God forces His will on us. I said He's too much of a gentleman to MAKE us believe in Him. (And I'm not talking about the cross, because we didn't have free will when Adam sinned and we didn't have free will when Jesus saved us, but that's another matter for another Rant.) What Jesus did is He made things available to us. He filled creation--which was dark, and void, and without form--with His life of life. He translated us out of the power of darkness and into His Kingdom. He stood (and stands) at the door and knocked. He gave us the measure of faith by proving Himself faithful. He took away the sin (or unbelief) of the world by giving us something (Himself, love) to believe in. See, there's a heavenly truth, if I can say it that way. There's a way that things REALLY are. And that's why Jesus taught His disciples to pray, "In earth as it is in heaven." He was trying to show us that we can tap into that heavenly realm. We can create our own reality... or we can receive THE reality. We can take what the world gives us and try to make the best of it... or we can realize that the world has passed away and we can start living an abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life. On the cross God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Bringing us back to the way things were always supposed to be. Making all things new. And now we can receive and release that love. We can experience and enjoy that relationship--that unconditional loving relationship--with our Creator. We can think it in our hearts, and we can confess in into reality!