Saturday // 16th March 2024
Nothing changes untill the soul changes!
Hebrews 4:11 NIV
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
How tragic it was for those Israelites whom God delivered but they still could not enter into the provision of ‘Rest’. When Israel moved out of Egypt, they carried their old mindset inspite of many privilege they enjoyed in their new life. They have been so conditioned in slavery that they don’t even question what the new things and use it with the same old concept. This is the case of BEING DELIVERED, BUT NOT FREE.
When the past consumes your present, it makes no difference. Then the present privileges become just ‘a new place’ to do what you did in your past life. This is the kind of oppressive thinking that God wants out of us. Of course it’s tough to change- WITHOUT MENTAL TRANSFORMATION, THE ACTIONS WE TAKE TO “CHANGE” MAY ONLY PRODUCE A NEW PLACE WHERE WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR OLD THINGS.
There are millions today who are tied to their past because the oppressive conditioning of their past is still controlling their present. Many have been conditioned to say, “I can’t be holy; I am a worm, hoping for heaven. I hope I make it, because I certainly can’t be righteous on earth.” They’re so used to believing those lies that when God tells them they are free, they can’t believe it’s true. They sit in their prison cells, simply hearing the good news of freedom in the gospel, but they don’t believe it.
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin