It begins on the inside
The word of God clearly reveals that as you think in your heart so you are
‘’for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he- Proverbs 23:7
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If you can’t change your inside, then you aren’t going to see change on the outside. You can pray, beg God and get other people to intercede for all you want. They could even lay hands on you until they rub all the hair off top of your head, but you aren’t going to see change in your life externally until you change internally
Many people say ‘’But I do desire to change. I’ve done everything I know, yet it seems like things are just continually the same’’ God’s word is true. As you think in your heart so are you. This is the law of God, Romans 8:6 confirms this truth revealing that
To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace
Before you take offense at my words, resenting and disagreeing with what I’m sharing, consider this truth. Of course, everyone has a bump in the road now and again, whether they are walking with the lord or not.
We live in a fallen world and we have an enemy that comes against us. Not every single problem is a direct result of something flawed on the inside of us. However, if your overall life is spiraling downwards, if nothing ever works and problems are all you seem to experience, then you should stop and consider that perhaps your inner man may need some work
What have you planted?
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People typically respond to circumstances and situations blaming someone or something else. ‘’it’s the color of my skin. It’s my family background. I was disadvantaged. They’ll blame anybody. This person mistreated me, it’s my employer who’s not the jerk not me, it’s always somebody else’s fault
However, the word makes it clear that your experience, your surroundings- everything about you- is basically a result of the way you think. As you think in your heart, that’s the way it is. When you think spiritually minded thoughts, you get life and peace. When you don’t, you get death [Romans 8:6] you may not like that. You might be saying, ‘’No, that’s not true, but it is
If I came over to your house to see your garden
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I wouldn’t have had to be with you in the beginning when you sowed the seeds to know what you’ve planted. All I’d have to do is observe the plants that are growing up. If you have corn growing there, you planted corn. If there are peas, you sowed peas. You may claim someone else came and planted something in your garden you did not intend. However ultimately, it’s your responsibility to guard and protect your garden. Whatever is growing there is what you’ve planted or what you’ve allowed to be planted there
Just as this is true in the natural realm, it’s true in the spiritual realm.
Whatever is growing in the garden of your heart. Before you can really see change, you must quit using excuses and blaming anybody and everybody else for what is wrong in your life. You have to stop saying ‘’it’s just fate, or bad luck or nothing ever works for me
Scripture reveals that as you think in your heart, that’s the way you’re going to be
The knowledge of God
Second Peter 1:2 further substantiates the principle that your thought life produces a harvest in the natural realm, when it says
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord
Many people want grace and peace to be multiply to them. They desire peace in their life, and they’re praying for it. They may even be asking other people to help them get it. Actually, they’re looking for peace to come externally- from outside them into their circumstances. These words in 2 Peter reveals that peace comes through the knowledge of God
Peace in your life isn’t the absence of problems or challenging circumstances around you. God’s kind of peace is there even in the midst of a storm. It resides on the inside. Then eventually, that peace on the inside of you will begin to change your circumstances on the outside
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