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Ps. 139:13-14: For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful. (NIV)
Did you know you are special: that you have been created by God as an individual who has never been duplicated? Did you know that there are ideas in you that are in no one else? Did you know that the dark world has been trying to stop your fearful and wonderful design since you were born? God has created you as a "special creation", designed to bring His Kingdom to this earth. Each one of us has "special" pieces of the puzzle to contribute to the big picture of the Kingdom of God. You have been given the ability to "think" and a "free will" in which to execute this thinking. Let's stop the "thinking" of failure and selfishness and let's consider how wonderfully we have been made. Come on creations of God, let's get on with it!
I would like to ask you this question, "Who are you?" You might say, "I am a teacher", or "I am a factory worker." Some could say, "I am a pilot" or "I am a brick mason." If you answered like any of these responses, you have answered incorrectly. This is "what" you may do for a vocation, but it is not "who" you are. When I ask most people who they are, they really do not know. They associate their identity with what they do, instead of knowing who they really are. If you have the Holy Spirit in your life, you have the ability to discover this "new self"; this person who is waiting to explode with life. All of my life I have heard that I must die to everything. No one told me that I was to live and discover the real me, the one that could really live life to its fullness. You can see in the verse above that if you are going to find the "new self" which has been promised, you must first have a "new attitude". This means the old self lives in your "old attitudes". You must have fresh new perceptions of yourself before you can enter into the life of this "new self". A "new self" must have a "new mind" or it would be a new self with just the same old thinking; which would really not be a new self at all. Fresh new perceptions, which change the attitude, create the "new mind" to go in this "new self". You cannot go forward in life if you have the same old perceptions of yourself. You do not have to let the circumstances of your life dictate the person you are, no more than you have to let what you do determine who you are.
Let me tell you just a little about who you are and are not. You are not to be a slave unto the powers of darkness of control and manipulation. You have not been re-created to live in "hell" all of your life, but instead, to live in the "power" of the Kingdom of God. To discover this "power" you must understand that it takes a new attitude of the mind from a "new self". Remember, you have been created to create with God. You have also been created to move in the supernatural world powered by faith. So let's go for it!
This "new self" is on a journey and will discover the Divine Plan that God has for you: this very special creation. You must be able to identify your old thinking and cast it down, not believing it to be adequate to guide you on the rest of your life's journey. Your thinking is found in the vast spaces of your mind. Your mind is made up of your conscious thinking and your subconscious thinking. Your conscious thinking is where you think you are always living; not understanding that your subconscious mind dictates most of your life. The conscious part of your mind programs the subconscious part by repetitive thinking of the conscious mind. Most of your life is lived through reacting to everyone and everything around you, never living life out of your creativeness. Everything you have ever thought is stored in your subconscious mind: fears, joy, love, and hatred. Your feelings and emotions are stored in your subconscious mind; thus they are influenced by all of the thoughts with which they have been stored. These feelings and emotions are the direct influencers of "your will", which is the seat of your creativity. You can see how you create what you are feeling, so how you feel is very important. I have heard it said when someone is having bad feelings, "Well, just get over it." This is easier said than done, but it is very necessary. These feelings are influencing your creative thinking.
A Special Creation is designed to have "special" thinking which creates a "special" nature. Your nature is made up of the collection of your subconscious thoughts, and your subconscious mind is a collection of your conscious thoughts. Therefore, our nature is being created by the conscious efforts of our thinking. Our nature dictates how we react and respond. This "special nature" will bring peace and joy to the "Special Creation". How do you respond when you are asked the question, "How are you doing?" Do you go into an immediate response of how bad you feel and how the world has mistreated you this past week? Is your response one that is harmful, only strengthening unhealthy thinking? Or are you making every effort to add to yourself healthy thinking which will produce the Divine Nature? This nature is the nature of the "Special Creation", as you enter into the fullness of your creation.
My prayer is that you will be able to experience the nature which you will have in heaven beginning "now". I pray that you will see yourself as a "Special Creation", created by God with a heavenly nature that can experience the presence of the Almighty God.
Blessings, Alan
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