You are what you think!

"It is Finished" and "The Comforter has come."

Praise God that we can rest in the finished work of the Cross. Many people view the Christian life as tiresome and hard. Very often we struggle with ourselves(flesh/self) so much that we just feel like giving it up altogether. Have you felt like that lately? I have and will always have that struggle as long as I live in my body. BUT thank God He sent Christ and the Comforter! That is a way out every time! (Rom 7)

I have learned that the flaw lies in our thinking. The facts never change. Jesus said "It's finished" and He has sent the Comforter. The question is do we really believe it? Why is it that we can have faith to receive Christ for salvation but not for sanctification (salvation lived out)? Because we are humans? Yes! Because we always think we have to do something by ourselves for Christ to do something for us. Well, is that right thinking? The Bible says in Galatians 3:3 "Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?" Paul asked a rhetorical question. He goes on the say in chapter 5:4 "... whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace." Let us not frustrate the grace of God, for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Gal 2:21). We know we are not righteous in any angle we look at ourselves, so quit looking at ourselves and turn to Jesus who is the "end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes" Rom 10:4. Let's face it; all of us never deserved His mercy anyway. Let's stop believing in ourselves, repent and step over the other side without delay!

Remember it's not what we do but what Christ did. It is not about what we feel and think but what Christ said and did for us. It's really finished and the Comforter has really come. Can we turn at His reproof and keep our eyes fixed on Him this very moment and the next, next and next moment? It's very practical. Once we take our eyes of what Jesus did and what He wants to do through us, we are finished. But if we come and constantly keep our minds on Him in situations of temptations and discouragements, He wants to tell us it's finished and the Comforter has come to help us!

Stop looking at ourselves and what we can do; recognize what the Lord has done and turn from our sin of unbelief regarding this issue. It's finished, the Comforter has come! Are you still living as if those facts are not true? May we turn away from self and sin and face the One who has finished the work and has sent His Holy Spirit to help us.

We don't have to suffer, God waits to help. Are you willing to cast it all at the foot of the Cross and say "I had enough of my self, sin, and Satan's snares... every single bit of it stinks anyway! I want Christ and Christ alone to control in every situation today."

Christ said, come unto me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matt 11:28). Did He really mean it? For our wicked heart and weak flesh, it's hard to believe it but you know what, it is as true as the sky is blue! May the Lord help our unbelief because we hurt Him and call Him a liar every time we don't believe something He has said in His Word! In whatever problem and situation we are in, it's only a step of faith away! Turning to the law, a set of rules, and standards will not help, let's "Turn" and "Go" to Jesus alone to work in us through His Word by His Spirit.

It starts in the mind with your thinking! Regarding this issue, change our minds(Repent) at once and turn to Him!

Proverbs 1:23 "Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you."