![]() ![]() For, ‘Apart from me you can do nothing’, are the very words of the Lord Jesus. It is the truth that can never be challenged. And how does it come about? Anything that comes from God, can come only with the help of God. God can bring about a transformation in you, where trusting in God primarily, as the very first resort, can be a very natural response, your first reaction. It need not be your final port of call, the last resort, when all else has failed. Turning to the Lord in a situation, after having exhausted all human self effort in managing it, instead of trusting in God to accomplish it in and through Him, need not be your stand in life. It is the journey of faith and trust, that goes to make up a mind that is stayed on God. It only speaks and affirms today, the wisdom of God’s word that bids you to trust in the Lord with all your heart, and not lean on your own understanding to acknowledge Him in all your ways, that He may direct your paths. For, there were the times when he tried to do it all, in his own way, only to be led astray into needless complications. Detours and distractions that led him away from God’s path happened though, just as it can happen even today, in your life and mine. And each time God spoke with him, all through his journey, there was a revelation from Him, that led to a deepening of his relationship with Him. It was from then on a progressive journey, a faith walk, in obedience to God. It is a process, a journey that you embark on, one that sees you steadily growing in your trust in the Lord, in the varying circumstances of life, leading to a transformation in you.Ībraham’s call, saw him venture from the familiar into the unknown, trusting in the wonderful promise of God the promise of blessing, in order to be a blessing. But then, you will also be able to say that you are drawing closer to it, and you are not today, what you used to be yesterday. You may not as yet, be in the position to be able to declare that your mind is stayed, or that your every inclination, your very character, is defined by your trust in God. And, Paul in talking about his own walk of faith, towards the prize of his upward call in Christ Jesus, observes that though he has not arrived, he is pressing forward towards attaining it’. But it is also a progressive journey, that takes you closer and closer to the goal of having a mind that is stayed upon God. And, it is a process, one that takes time, depending on your care and investment in it. ![]() It is described in the amplified version of this verse in the bible, to be a mind with a natural inclination and character that is stayed or fixed upon the Lord. It is where he describes the blessed peace that is beyond all comprehension that would be your experience in life, when, not being anxious about anything, but praying about everything, you present your requests unto God with supplication and thanksgiving. An echo of this, is what the apostle Paul reiterates, in his letter to the Philippians. The entire chapter is a beautiful song of trust a trust in God for protection from all danger and enemies, that leads you to, and sustains you in a peace that is wholeness, and one that can come to you only from God. It is what grace does in your life, to take you to the place where God wants you to be, in your spiritual walk with Him. Whatever maybe your situation right now, even if your path is uncomfortable and unfamiliar, this word that is so comfortingly familiar, comes to you as the promise of God this month. You will keep in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.
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