John 10:2-3 "But he that
entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter
openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name,
and leadeth them out."
Jesus Christ is the good shepherd,
he leads us besides still waters, he is the voice of reassurance and he shows
us that we are righteous in Him.
As Christians we have many things
in the 21st century that are trying to take our time, fill our
minds, saturate our souls. Everywhere we turn our lives can be filled with
constant amusement, we can watch endless re runs of TV drama’s on I-Player and
then watch the same programmes on Satellite TV.
God accepts us, loves us, showers
his grace upon us and nothing we can do, can separate us from His love and
grace given to us. But, I can separate myself from his abundant lavish grace if
I fill my life with the worthless over the valuable. I have a choice in life to
enjoy all God’s grace or fill my life with the world. The more I live out of my
union with Christ in my spirit the greater my mind and soul is renewed and is
connected to my heavenly Father.
God’s grace is constant; it is an
ever flowing stream of unmerited favor to me. In my spirit I have entered the
Promised Land with all its blessings. As I live and enjoy all that God has
provided by grace, I become strong, I experience his presence and I am renewed.
The transformation is effortless.
Andrew Wommack explains how we are
spirit, soul and body and that living from the spirit changes the way we think
and live.
This verse promises all who are
God's sheep that they not only can, but that they do, hear His voice. Many
born-again people doubt the truth of this statement based on their experience.
They don't think they can hear God's voice. However, the Word of God is true -
not our experience.
The harmony between what this
verse says and what our experiences say is that it is our new born-again spirit
that hears God's voice. Although God has spoken and still does speak in an
audible voice at times, very few people experience this. God speaks to our
inner person (spirit) and our inner person hears Him. The problem comes when we
aren't sensitive to, or controlled by, our spirit but are walking in the vanity
of our mind. The Bible calls this walking in the flesh instead of the Spirit
(Gal. 5:16 -18).
Man is a spirit, soul, and body.
Our spirits are as perfect as they will ever be in heaven. If we will change
our thinking so that we believe what God says in His Word about who we are and
what we have, then this agreement between our spirit and soul forms a majority
and our flesh will experience the life of God that has been deposited in our
spirits.
Prayer, Bible study, fasting,
fellowship, etc. are ways of refocusing our mind's attention away from the
voice of this world and back to the voice of our Shepherd who is constantly
communicating with our spirit. If we fail to renew our minds, we can live our
entire time on this earth without experiencing the abundant life that Jesus
provided for us.
Listen, and you will hear His
voice speak to you through His Word today.
smiles...lots of truth in this alan...you can still hear his voice is we really listen...its at the root of a journey i taking...just starting really...i am with about 15 couples starting a church...one that we hope grows but stays small...breaking off every 100 people or so to new places...john 15 is where i am resonating but rippling out from there right now...smiles.
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