A Daily Devotional –Cleansing – The Eternal Word
Comment: Last week as a lead off from Proverbs
17:3 and challenged by the verse that God is the Master Refiner; not only for
the ‘individual man’ but also for the ‘nations’. Now continuing: Individually
and nationally most of the world around us has fallen away from the LORD who
tests the hearts. I have written many words in time past, sometimes in tears
regarding this United States of America. However, the subject of good and evil
is not to be solved by the mere words of man. “For who has known the mind of the LORD that we may instruct Him” But
we have the mind of Christ, see also Isaiah 40:12-ff and John 15:15.
Devotional: Jesus,
Isaiah and the apostle Paul make it clear that God’s Will for mankind is going
to be accomplished and NO ONE can change God’s mind. Now, knowingly or unknowingly
many do seek to change the mind of the LORD with our words and in our prayers. Nationally
and personally we desire to move God rather than allowing God to move us. 1 Corinthians 2 is a chapter easy to understand
until you get to 1 Corinthians 2:16.
If we look around as I am sure we do, we see on a
large scale injustices of every sort, so we cry out to the LORD who is JUST and
RIGHTEOUS to crush the injustice we see (usually on our personal terms). God is
who is not obligated to do anything that is outside the boundaries of His Just
and Righteous Will says that our complaint is not “part of His solution”, in
fact it is the very problem since we are not allowing God to personally shape
us into the gold or silver vessel that glorifies Him to the world around us. Or
we could say, we are not using the mind of Christ and do not know what the will
of the LORD is.
Thus, we need to understand a bit more about the
Wisdom of God and the wisdom of man. 1 Corinthians 2 is one chapter to help, as
is Isaiah 40 and John 15. “For who has
known the mind of the LORD that we may instruct Him.” But we have the mind of Christ. Isaiah 40 stands tall against
the wisdom of man; man’s wisdom is defeated with one verse in this chapter as
well, verse 21. Jesus/Messiah who is the incarnate Word and Wisdom of God
provides Truth and Light for the SERVANT of God. He will know what his Master
is doing because Christ/Messiah has made known to us His mind, therefore we
have the Spirit of God in Truth. John 15:1-17, especially verse 15.
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