What is ‘holding loose’ mean? This means not holding tight to anything we value—a career,
wealth, relationships, an accomplishment, or even a ministry.
A dear friend of mine wrote the following
and it was from her heart of great pain!
Last conversation "guess what
I read in the book of Jeremiah today" (always, always excited about God's
Word) "don't put my pyjamas to the wash", (knowing my habit of
throwing everything to the wash), helping me clear the room for the workmen who
were coming that day to change the windows (my strong man), "thank you for
making my lunch" (always so gracious and thankful).
Disbelief, heart and mind not
making a connection.
For 2 days, my mind and body screamed silently "NOOOOOOOOOO"
How can this be? Ministry was going great, our marriage was at the sweetest it had ever been, Julius was looking to retirement wanting to serve the Lord and asking for His direction, plans, dreams for our girls...
Even the actual accident does not make sense. Why us?
But God...“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Is 55:8-9. (from the blog : A well watered garden). This is one example of a fiery trial!
For 2 days, my mind and body screamed silently "NOOOOOOOOOO"
How can this be? Ministry was going great, our marriage was at the sweetest it had ever been, Julius was looking to retirement wanting to serve the Lord and asking for His direction, plans, dreams for our girls...
Even the actual accident does not make sense. Why us?
But God...“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Is 55:8-9. (from the blog : A well watered garden). This is one example of a fiery trial!
As I am writing this blog it is definitely
with so much pain, tears and agony for my friend who just lost her husband in a
highway accident. Trials in life comes in various format, colors, shapes and
with complicate intricate designs and some times they drive you to the deepest
valleys where no one could help and all we can do is ‘God help me’. Very often they come in such style it can even try to
take the faith away from God, if one does not immerse themselves in His Word. As
I am writing this I am not trying to minimize the emotional pain, nor our heart
and mind connection, nor the reality of some of the fiery trials. The question
here would be when the rubber hits the road in reality, and where is our hope?
Who is our real hope?
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you:
But rejoice, in as much as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that when
His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad, ye may be glad also with exceeding
joy.”1 Pet 4: 12-13.
Soul- Has
moments’ expression of who I am and includes mind, will and emotions. It has
thoughts.
Spirit –Identity is the essential being and is
in the Spirit. God breathed Spirit into man and he became living.
Satan’s power is in the ‘lying
tongue.’ With that he confuses the mind, affect the body and gain power and
control.
The
Biblical word “heart,” is the
inner aspect of a man, made of the above three-part all together, with the
primary part the:
1) Mental Process, which is the
major part (where action & reaction take place), which is to lead a person
in their life.
2) Emotions (which only process as reaction),
as icing to enrich our lives.
3) Will, the seat of the will
(discretionary, volitional, decision-making) where decisions are made between
the rational and the emotive.
“The
good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the
evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of
the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45).
The heart is the center of man’s character – who
he really is (Matthew 15:18). Heart is the
seat of physical life, Acts 14:17; Jas. 5:5; the seat of moral nature and spiritual life, the seat of grief, John 14:1; Rom.
9:2; 2 Cor. 2:4; joy, John 16:22; Eph. 5:19; the desires, Matt. 5:28; 2 Pet. 2:14; the affections, Luke 24:32; Acts 21:13; the perceptions, John 12:40; Eph. 4:18; the thoughts, Matt. 9:4; Heb. 4:12; the understanding, Matt. 13:15; Rom. 1:21; the reasoning powers, Mark 2:6; Luke
24:38; the imagination, Luke
1:51; conscience, Acts 2:37; 1
John 3:20; the intentions, Heb.
4:12, (cf.) 1 Pet. 4:1; purpose,
Acts 11:23; 2 Cor. 9:7; the will,
Rom. 6:17; Col. 3:15; faith,
Mark 11:23; Rom. 10:10; Heb. 3:12. The heart, in its moral significance in the
OT, includes the emotions, the reason, and the will.
And the world
passeth away…., Not the matter and substance, but the fashion, form, and scheme
of it, 1 Cori 7:31; kingdoms, cities, towns, houses, families, estates, and
possessions, are continually changing, and casting into different hands, and
different forms; the men of the world, the inhabitants of it, are continually
removing; one generation goes, and another comes, new faces are continually
appearing; the riches and honours of the world are fading, perishing, and
transitory things; everything is upon the flux, nothing is permanent; which is
another argument why the world, and the things of it, are not to be loved: Gills Exposition
of the entire Bible.
As our heart remember previous life experiences and
identity we have had, it is very obvious that our past experiences of self
become part of our heart. When we loose something or somebody that we
hold very dear, often Satan confuses our mind, affect the body and try to gain
control and destroy us from inside out, and rob us of the glory that God has
kept in a believer and try to strip us away from His Divine plan.
An awful sense of the divine perfection is the best
antidote against suffering in trials and persecutions. The faith and hope of a
Christian are defensible against the entire world. This leads every believer to
answer and apologize the hope that is in them even in very difficult
circumstances and in fiery trials.
Prayer:
Lord, because You are God and I am a mere human,
understanding the mystery of Your ways is impossible 1 Cori 2: 7-9. Just like
many men and women of faith who died before receiving the fulfillment of Your
promises, I want to seek Your intervention, cling to Your assurance of
faithfulness, and look forward to a better place; Heb: 11:13, 16.
References:
1. Dr. Ed Murphy. The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare. Nashville: Thomas Nelson
Publishers, 1992, 1996, pgs: 432-436.
2. Jay E. Adams. Critical Stages of
Biblical Counseling, Finishing Well, Breaking Through, Getting Started. New
Jersey
3. Jay E. Adams. How to Help People Change, The Four-step Biblical Process.Grand
Rapids
4. John F. MacArthur, JR.Wayne Nashville
5. Jay E. Adams. Lectures on Counseling.Grand
Rapids
3. Jay E. Adams. How to Help People Change, The Four-step Biblical Process.
4. John F. MacArthur, JR.
5. Jay E. Adams. Lectures on Counseling.
6. The Holy Bible, New King James
Version, Women of Destiny Bible. Women Mentoring women Through the Scriptures,
A Spirit Filled Life Bible. Nashville ,
Tennessee
Website
References:
1. The Soul Versus
The Spirit
www.greatbiblestudy.com/soul_spirit.php
How did demonic spirits vex and
possess (control) people in the Bible? It was through their souls
(minds, as in mental illness and insanity), and their bodies ...
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