Hello Friends &&
Family -
This month has been very,
very intense.
It started with
the recommendation to read Hind's Feet on High Places, written by
Hannah Hurnard. In short, the story is about laying down every single desire,
the ones even natural to man. Of course, I could
explain the verses and the context precisely and what has happened to me
personally. But, I really don't have the time right now! Plus, I'm giving the
guidelines, the bare bones so that you can see the process. As I can imagine it
is similar for each believer.
Jesus is speaking,
"And he said to them all, If any man will
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow
me."
Deny himself!! A part of
every human shrinks back even just reading that. But I am willing,
because Jesus said it is necessary and also because He will help. So if I
deny myself, what then am I operating from, if not from my natural intellect? Check
out Romans.
"That the
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the
things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For
to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can
be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God." Romans
8:4-8
The series of Dr. Gerald
Jeffer's sermons over this last summer have given me a lot of foundation on
this topic too. It has been very blatantly reoccurring. So much that
I can't deny it! I am going through this process. Here is a link where Dr. Gerald Jeffers illuminates an amazing point...
"God created us with needs. These needs, we need every day..food...water...sleep.
"God created us with needs. These needs, we need every day..food...water...sleep.
Then, I came across a song
by Lauren Daigle, Once and For All. I find it so beautiful. It has the same
beauty I experienced when reading Hind's Feet...My spirit was indeed willing,
but my flesh was weak (Matthew 26:41). Here are the lyrics, the melody is also
very nice.
O Help me
to lay it down
Oh, Lord
I'll lay it down
O let
this be where I die
My Lord
with thee crucified
Be lifted
high as my kingdom fall
Once and
for all, once and for all
There is
victory in my saviors loss
and In
the crimson flowing from the cross
Pour over
me, pour over me
O let
this be where I die
My Lord
with thee crucified
Be lifted
high as my kingdom fall
Once and
for all, once and for all
O Lord I
lay it down
O Lord I
lay it down
Help me
to lay it down
O Lord I
lay it down
O let
this be where I die
My Lord
with thee crucified
Be lifted
high as my kingdom fall
Once and
for all
Once and
for all
O Once
and for all
And what would this blog be
without one of my own sappy poems/thoughts? Here goes. The first one I wrote
during class.
flesh, flesh, flesh!
the destruction, the
pain, unnecessary!
you bring me to
destruction,
and always resist the
Spirit,
die, be crucified,
submit!
then, like an eagle taking
flight,
liberated, I take my place,
forever,
fly away, come away, take
away,
where carnal mind is
absent,
where I follow Your Spirit
only.
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