"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts." - Isaiah 55:8,9
That sounds really spiritual, doesn't it? Maybe that applies to you if you are a Jew - but certainly not if you are a Christian. Because if you are a Christian, then the Bible says that you have the mind of Christ:
"For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ." - 1 Corinthians 2:16
Do you really think you can fulfill the Great Commission if your thoughts are lower than God's thoughts and your ways are lower than His ways? If that were possible, then why would the Bible say that we have the mind of Christ? Why would we even need the mind of Christ? Praying and reinforcing the idea that God's thoughts are higher than ours and His ways are higher than ours is a good way to try hard not to fulfill all that God has called you to do, as a Christian. Because God's heart is for salvation, deliverance and healing for every human. So if He conceived that plan, only His thoughts and ways can achieve the fulfillment of these goals. If you don't share His vision, think His thoughts and deploy His methods, there is no way to achieve these goals.
Maybe I'm preaching this to myself too, but if you want to fulfill the Great Commission, then the starting point is this:
- Learn to think (believe) like Jesus did; and
- Learn to walk (act) the way Jesus walked (acted).
That's because the Old Testament saints - the Jews - did not have the Holy Spirit living inside of them. So they could not think or act like Jesus. But since we have the mind of Christ, and Jesus Christ and God the Father are one, our thoughts and ways are positionally the same as God's. So the only thing we need to do is enforce that position in our lives. Once we get to doing that on a regular basis, we will be taking big strides to fulfilling God's plan for our lives!
Are you on fire for the Gospel? Good, because you should be! Then here's a blog post you might like and find useful: How to Spiritually Capture a City: Download MP3
