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December 9, 2006
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John
Belt: "DELIGHT IN THE LIGHT--SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE"
"The greatest truths are wrapped up in the simplest packages."
 Isaiah 58:14:
"Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD;
And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.
The mouth of the LORD has spoken."
The Simplest Packages
It is always good when we can simplify things. We all have
many things to do throughout each day. How good it is when we can find a way to break through the clutter
of thinking, and find rest, peace, and joy in the Lord in a simple way.
"Many times we try way
too hard."
The greatest truths are wrapped up in the simplest packages. I accidentally
caught myself in a place of ecstatic joy and peace, not caring about anything
but just hanging-out with God. I had to stop and think to myself, "What am I doing?" My
spirit had been caught up into a place of utter tranquility overflowing with a
heart full of celebration.
In this time, I just felt the Lord's pleasure. So I thought, "Hey! I'm
delighting myself in the Lord!" I have not thought about it in that way in quite
some time--have not worded it like that. But isn't it as simple as that. The
beauty of the experience is that I was not trying. Many times we try way too
hard. We need to be resting and relaxing in His arms.
The Extract and Deposit
Psalm 37:4:
"Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart."
I figure that once I get to that place of delight, the Lord extracts what is not
of Him and makes a huge deposit of His desires within me. What a deal! I'll take
that one!
"We have many concerns...that
should have been taken captive."
All the things that we think are important or even the things other
people tell us are important makes me wonder--"Just how important are they?" Are they
really important? Most of them probably are not, but are just anxious rats of
the soul that need to be trapped and killed. Isn't that a unique way of putting
it? But I believe it is the truth.
We have many concerns and many thoughts that
should have been taken captive but were not (2 Corinthians 10:5, Matthew 6:31).
But when we enter into that place of His Presence, His Holy Spirit snatches those
things, casting them down where they belong. He begins to re-order our thinking
Heavenward. Most of the earthly stuff moves into the unimportant category.
A New Category
Colossians 3:2:
"Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth."
God creates a new category in our thinking. It is called "Heavenly things." Then
He slides new files into that folder. He gives us pictures of His heart,
pictures of our destiny in Him, and pictures of His love, and shows us how that love unfolds
to others.
He begins to show us His perspective on things. He is the lover of
our soul. He is good to us. Oh! To be caught up with Him all of our days! To
live with the reality of His love for us! And to be the vessels of His love,
this is bliss. This is what we are created for.
We can let the light of His countenance shine on us as we delight in Him.
In His Great Love,
John Belt
Living In His Presence Ministries
www.liveinhispresence.com
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