Inside the Mind of Phillip

Inside the Mind of Phillip

That’s really a stupid title.

Honestly, I don’t know why I call it that.  It’s not my mind that’s the focus of this blog.  I mean, it’s what my mind focuses on that I’m writing about, and what my mind focuses on is the validity of God, the Great I AM, the Father, Son and Spirit.  I can’t help but look around and feel His presence, or to see His work going about the everyday routine.  The breeze blows, trees sway, birds sing, and God speaks all the while.

Wait, what was that last part?

Yes, God speaks.  That’s a part of our daily lives too.  God teaches us through the world around us, for He created it and is eternally in it.  To say that “God’s not here,” or that “God can’t possibly be here” would put a limit on Him, and thus saying such things would be blasphemous because they defy God’s eternal nature.  God is constantly using the lives of people and the events in the world to teach, preach, and enlighten us all.  The main question we have for these situations He creates is strong.

Do we listen?

Jesus taught His followers through speaking in parables so that they could decipher the message He was conveying.  The events that occurred around them were also Jesus’ ministry tools, for He is God and, like I mentioned earlier, He can use the events in the world to teach, preach, and enlighten us.  At least six times throughout the Gospels He declares “Anyone who has ears should listen![1]”  That’s pretty straightforward.  He’s God, He’s telling us something important, so listen up!  The people following Him probably listened because He was right there telling them, in the flesh.  They could see and feel Him if they needed to know He was there.  Fast-forward two thousand years and people are not listening to our God.  Is it because He’s not right in front of us?

There’s a silver lining to everything.  He is right in front of us, as well as behind and all around quite frankly.  He’s omnipresent.  He’s everywhere!  For those of us who have accepted and thus have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, He lives in us as the Holy Spirit!  It’s amazing!  The God who loves us, made us, and reaches out to us to wipe away our transgressions will also live inside of us, motivating us to do His will, helping us distinguish right and wrong, which way to go, or even how to pray.  He has done everything for us!  What a miracle!

Please, after reading this, prayerfully consider your own life and walk with God.  Do you listen?

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[1] Matthew 11:15, 13:9, 13:43; Mark 4:9; Luke 14:35;