Daily Wisdom

Col 3:10 “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.”

Encouragement by itself will not sustain one’s spirit. Only a changed spirit will find lasting encouragement. Meaning the good that we do can only be observed, whereas the bad that we do can be absorbed (It shall be unclean – Hagg 2:13; vss 10-19). Point being, transformation is better for the soul than encouragement. Defilement (sin) can be transferred; people with colds don’t catch health, people with health catch colds. Refusing to change (transformation) one’s spirit cannot be overcome by encouragement alone. A disobedient spirit is dangerously contagious, while a transformed spirit can be observed and mirrored.

Is our walk observed or absorbed? Both are contagious, be cautious… HSAY

Daily Wisdom

Psa 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”

Such a transformation requires giving-up the struggle and the fight; relax in the omnipotence of the Lord Jesus; look up into His lovely face and as you behold Him, He will transform you into His likeness. We do the beholding-He does the transforming. There is no short cut to His holiness.

The renewing of the mind and heart is a little like refinishing furniture. It involves taking off the old and replacing it with the new. The old is the lies the flesh and the devil perpetrate, and we believe; it’s the attitudes and ideas that invade our thoughts and become reality. The new is the truth! The promise of the Word of God that renews our thoughts and attitude in Christ-likeness and allows God to bring to light and expose the lies that we have mistakenly accepted and replace them with the truth. To the degree we do this, our behavior, worth and love will be transformed into Christ image.   

The same Jesus who turned water into wine can transform your home, your life and your tomorrow. He is still in the miracle-business, and His business is the business of transformation… HSAY