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upon your life. Always have God’s promises for your life within reach. Memorize them, sing them, write them out on pieces of paper—do anything you need to do to keep His mind in front of yours, until His thoughts become instinctively your thoughts.
Prayer
Father, please give me some kind of warning when I am about to leave the place of peace You have created for me to live in. I do notwant to do that anymore. It is too hard to recover. Remind me of the truth when I am about to consider a lie. And help me to anchor my soul in Your presence, in Your peace. Thank You for giving me the actual atmosphere of heaven to dwell in now.
Confession
His peace is my portion. It is my possession forever. I choose to live aware of the Holy Spirit upon me, and will not forget that His thoughts about me are all good.
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Hope
You will always reflect the nature of the world you are most aware of.
T his world is filled with mistrust, skepticism and unbelief. Faith exists, but rarely is it the cultural norm. As a result, most believers are more aware of the darkness around them than the heavenly realm of which they are citizens. This failure to recognize that our present-day citizenship is in heaven costs us tremendously. Not just when we die, but now, in this present darkness.
People release the reality of the world they are most aware of, good or bad. We know this instinctively. We know, for example, that if a depressed person walks into a room, no one will be healed by his shadow (see Acts 5:15–16). The picture is obvious. Depression often comes from believing a lie. Being absorbed with a lie affects a person’s countenance, which has an impact on the atmosphere around him. It is not a countenance of life, encouragement and health. Such an individual often drains anything positive from the environment, as he looks for something to get him through the next hour.
Or take, for another example, people filled with bitterness. Rather than draining the atmosphere, they fill the air withtension and conflict. They contaminate the environment, releasing what they are most aware of—offense, conflict and division No one will be healed by their shadows either.
The great news is that light is greater than darkness. Anyone living aware of the presence of God is never at the mercy of those who darken the environment, whether those people are bitter or depressed or whatever. And it goes even further. As we live aware of the presence of God with us, we are much more likely to influence the environment ourselves. It is true.
The Old Testament gives us a profound illustration of this principle in the life of Lot. Second Peter 2:7 tells us that God “rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men.” While Lot did not have the same benefits that we have in the New Covenant—that is, the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit—others in the Old Covenant seemed to have more success with that challenge than did Lot. Daniel is a perfect case in point. He lived in a demonic society, was numbered with the witches and warlocks of his day and worked for a demented king named Nebuchadnezzar who demanded worship from his subjects. But Daniel did not buckle under the influence of the surrounding darkness. His ability to live above it all no doubt played a part in his significant role in one of the greatest conversions in all of Scripture—that of Nebuchadnezzar himself.
Lot’s surroundings were more than he could bear. And even though he was righteous, he became oppressed by the evil in others. It literally shut down the influence that God intended for him to have. We can be thankful that that result is not inevitable for believers, because, where sin abounds, we carry the promise that grace abounds more. Grace flows through believing believers. We can affect our surroundings by our partnership with the Presence of God—by carrying His promises in our hearts. We can manifest the King’s dominion in the environment
Prayer
Father, please give me some kind of warning when I am about to leave the place of peace You have created for me to live in. I do notwant to do that anymore. It is too hard to recover. Remind me of the truth when I am about to consider a lie. And help me to anchor my soul in Your presence, in Your peace. Thank You for giving me the actual atmosphere of heaven to dwell in now.
Confession
His peace is my portion. It is my possession forever. I choose to live aware of the Holy Spirit upon me, and will not forget that His thoughts about me are all good.
26
Hope
You will always reflect the nature of the world you are most aware of.
T his world is filled with mistrust, skepticism and unbelief. Faith exists, but rarely is it the cultural norm. As a result, most believers are more aware of the darkness around them than the heavenly realm of which they are citizens. This failure to recognize that our present-day citizenship is in heaven costs us tremendously. Not just when we die, but now, in this present darkness.
People release the reality of the world they are most aware of, good or bad. We know this instinctively. We know, for example, that if a depressed person walks into a room, no one will be healed by his shadow (see Acts 5:15–16). The picture is obvious. Depression often comes from believing a lie. Being absorbed with a lie affects a person’s countenance, which has an impact on the atmosphere around him. It is not a countenance of life, encouragement and health. Such an individual often drains anything positive from the environment, as he looks for something to get him through the next hour.
Or take, for another example, people filled with bitterness. Rather than draining the atmosphere, they fill the air withtension and conflict. They contaminate the environment, releasing what they are most aware of—offense, conflict and division No one will be healed by their shadows either.
The great news is that light is greater than darkness. Anyone living aware of the presence of God is never at the mercy of those who darken the environment, whether those people are bitter or depressed or whatever. And it goes even further. As we live aware of the presence of God with us, we are much more likely to influence the environment ourselves. It is true.
The Old Testament gives us a profound illustration of this principle in the life of Lot. Second Peter 2:7 tells us that God “rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men.” While Lot did not have the same benefits that we have in the New Covenant—that is, the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit—others in the Old Covenant seemed to have more success with that challenge than did Lot. Daniel is a perfect case in point. He lived in a demonic society, was numbered with the witches and warlocks of his day and worked for a demented king named Nebuchadnezzar who demanded worship from his subjects. But Daniel did not buckle under the influence of the surrounding darkness. His ability to live above it all no doubt played a part in his significant role in one of the greatest conversions in all of Scripture—that of Nebuchadnezzar himself.
Lot’s surroundings were more than he could bear. And even though he was righteous, he became oppressed by the evil in others. It literally shut down the influence that God intended for him to have. We can be thankful that that result is not inevitable for believers, because, where sin abounds, we carry the promise that grace abounds more. Grace flows through believing believers. We can affect our surroundings by our partnership with the Presence of God—by carrying His promises in our hearts. We can manifest the King’s dominion in the environment
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