28/07/2018
Adam and Eve are originally naked but they are not ashamed. Then they eat of the fruit of the tree of good and evil. And the Bible says, instantly their eyes are opened. They look unto themselves and realize they are naked. Then they go into hiding.
The first time God calls them, they reply; "We heard your voice and we hid from you because we were naked."
Then God asks; "Who told you that you were naked?"
Do you know those moments when you are in Praise and Worship sessions in Church then that small voice comes in as you are getting lost in worship? It says; "really, you Hypocrite, after what you did yesterday, you still gonna raise those hands in worship? After what you said here and there, you wanna be praising?"
And if you listen any longer to that voice, you kind of feel uncomfortable, unworthy, undeserving and even quickly do a confession. It is that moment when you have your; "who told you you were naked sessions."
No body is gonna beat you in this world without the permission of your mind. All that the devil wants from you, is your mind, your conscience. Because if he can capture your mind, he can capture your life forever.
The devil doesn't need to do anything else in your life. All he needs is to plant a seed in your mind, and it will grow and bear fruit. And he's gonna have a hell of a ride in there.
A lot of people go through life feeling unworthy, undeserving. They feel as though they don't deserve to be in better places. They go in prayer but their mind has already been captured. Because every instant that song is playing in their mind, you are not good enough, you are not intelligent, you are a sinner, you are confused, you cheated on your wife, you did this and that.
And so like Adam and Eve, they are now trying to hide from the presence of God. Even when they are in Church and that song comes on, they don't sing it like they mean it, they are now full of doubt. Even when they ask God for something, they don't feel like they deserve it.
But who told them that they were naked?
That's why the Bible is always about renewing your mind, guarding your mind. The Bible says above all else, guard your heart for everything you do flows from it.
In Philippians there is a cry; "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."
You gotta meditate on the word of God day and night. Imagine meditating on a verse such as; "I am the righteousness of God." The Devil tries to remind you of your shortcomings, you are like; "Brother, I am the righteousness of God."
And what is the Path of the righteous? It is just like the morning sun shinning brighter and brighter till the full light of day.
Everything around us has come from the mind. The phone I am using to write was once an imprint in someone's mind. We raise our kids telling them the worst about themselves and we wonder why they manifest that. All their lives the only thing they ever heard was you are foolish, you are stupid, you are undeserving. And they have grown to manifest that. Then the parents wonder what went wrong. Come on, you told them they were naked and they took that in day and night.
If anybody conquers your mind, they have conquered you. Let nobody take that mind. It is the gateway. A lot of people lose in life not because they are not talented or strong but they get into a battle when their mind is not on their side.