April 5-The Mind Game
Dr. Evans said it would be like being trapped in a broken elevator. You could scream and you could even cuss for hours or days on end but you are still going to be stuck in that elevator. But inside every one of those is a telephone that is connected directly to an emergency team, usually the fire department—a rescue squad. You can spend lots of time crying and asking why you are still stuck, but when the help is right in front of you all you have to do is pick up the phone and you will be connected to the rescue source. The One who will set you in the direction you need to be going and reseal the covenant.
When the Children of Israel were under horrible conditions, they remembered their commitment to the covenant and of course, God remembered...He then stepped in and sent Moses to lead the Exodus of His people and free them from their bondage—the big rescue.
“God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.” Exodus 2:24-25 NIV
You know our mind is the most unruly part of us. We can learn to control our tongue, but long after that, our thoughts seem to have a will of their own and still run crazy! Left unchecked they take us straight to rebellion. God did risk quite a bit giving us so much freedom to think for ourselves. He made us just a little lower than the angels and crowned us with privilege unparalleled to any other creation. He made us in His image, redeemed us with His blood and our minds are the last hold out of rebellion. Often, our minds are so strong, and so stubborn that they keep us separated from the God of our covenant even though our hearts long to be truly with Him.
“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1: 26–27
Do you ever feel like you’re in that elevator screaming at that telephone? It is a perfect picture of how I feel sometimes. Even though I realize I need to pick it up, my “old man” just want to yell at it, you know? Have you been there too? Sometimes it reassuring to know that in all this time, people are still people and we still fight the same battles with ourselves. Pick it up and get Jesus on the line. Let go of that last piece of rebellion. Every day.
Oh God Most High, and Lord of all Creation, thank you for being right here, right now, so easy to tap into. You are so accessible for us and so very accepting of our faults and failures. You are so good to us despite time and again how we forget and those same old sins still plague us. Thank you for just loving us and forgiving us. Your grace is so abundant and so overwhelming that I am astounded and amazed. Amen and amen.
Love you dear friend,
Pam
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