Faith is a matter of attitude

What do you think of God," the teacher asked. After a pause, the young pupil replied, "He's not a think, he's a feel (Paul Frost)

 Would You like to comment on this?

 Yes, I do. But I think that's what you want too?

 Oh I sure do. Actually, it seems clever of that student, but I still find it debatable. I believe that being busy with God, thinking about God, knowing of God and feeling God in your heart, is certainly not a matter of feeling alone. Often enough I don't feel anything when I'm busy with You or when I'm praying. But I do experience that You hear me and that You exist, no doubt about it.

But in my eyes you are not One of my emotional life. The bottom line, I think, is that I have accepted You with my mind, I am concerned with You with my mind, and I accept and acknowledge with my mind that You exist. And then before, during or afterwards all kinds of feelings, sensations, ecstasy or beautiful energy are added. Thank goodness.

But I see very clearly around me that the people who do not believe are, without exception, people who trust very much in what they think themselves. And they don't like to give up that trust, often thinking that they know better than others. In short, in my opinion, faith is not something of thinking or feeling, but of "the surrender of the mind", trust, giving the control  away, modesty that you don't know things, something like that.

You have said it, My son. That egg has been laid. Good for you.

To be busy with God is certainly something of the mind, or the surrender of the mind, as you say. However, being busy with God is also something of feeling, because faith without feeling quickly becomes a bloodless thing. The feeling gives colour to the faith. Without feeling, faith becomes a law- and regulation thing. And that's a shame. In short, the student in the quote also has a point.

But being busy with God is above all an attitude to life, an attitude issue, a combination of thinking, feeling, but also willpower, also intuition, also impulses of the heart. In short, as is so often the case with man, you are all a little bit right. Isn't that beautiful?

 My blessings to you all 

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When do you acquire God’s power

When you realize God’s purpose for your life isn’t about you, He will use you in a mighty way (Dr. Tony Evans)

 My God, would You elaborate on this?

 It is the well-known story whether a man has his ego on the throne or his My God.

Of course, God is not only concerned with man himself, but with his place in life, the big picture, not with the small limited egocentric life. That's fine temporarily, We're patient.

But the My God of a human being is only really going to use Its immense powers when all limitations and shortcomings are really released and dissolved from within and when the leakages in the energy field related to addictions and attachments are closed. Until then, people will continue to muddle through. How could it be otherwise? Can a plumber connect the water pipe if there is still a leak somewhere in the house? Can a carpenter provide a door with a good lock if the door does not close properly?

This imagery can be taken very literally.

 You do not realize how the pure and great and loving powers of God become destructive when the recipient is not pure. And that doesn't mean you have to be perfect. Certainly not. Because then God would be better off staying at home and chatting with the angels on Its cloud. It means that deep down you must recognize only one authority, namely My God.

·         If you always dedicate everything.

·         If you involve God in your life in all situations.

·         If you have come to consider really in fact your addictions less important than God within you.

·         When you have come to experience in life that there are more important things than your own little life.

·         When you fundamentally forsake your attachments.

·         So if you have been born again in the light of God.

 Only then can God release Its powers. Only then really big miracles will happen in your life. Only then will you truly become the hands of God on earth. Only then will the Kingdom of God be realized in your life on earth. Only then will you have become authoritative warriors under the banner of Christ.

Until then, your life is important and full of opportunities, and you are cherished and cared for in thousands of ways. But after that, you become saints on earth.

Tony Evans is blessed.

My blessings to you all

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