How You Can Understand Your Spirit
Read this post to hear about the day I understood what it means to be spiritually new. For 20+ years I thought I understood, but I really lived a confused life. Honestly, a defeated life. I never felt I could be good enough or completely whole. I never thought I would ever be 'unbroken' in this life. I learned that I am already spiritually good and whole. I am seen by God as completely undamaged and clean. Spiritually I am able to be in the presence of God become I am redeemed. My relationship with Him is totally restored. I have a new gloriously good spirit.
We all are blessed with those "aha" moments in life...some of us more frequent then others...it was like in high school when I stopped trying to figure out in algebra what in the world the "x", "y" or "a" was and just worked the problem in the proper mathematical order....kinda like following rules to a game ....without analyzing the thoughts behind or in the game. After that "aha" moment I never had another problem in two years of algebra.
Or the big life "aha" moment...like when I was sitting in a small United Methodist church in a small college town and listening to the pastor preach but also looking at the light shine in through the window....and in an instant my soul clearly understood and accepted that Jesus, that little baby that was born to virgin Mary in the manger scene...well, that same little boy that grew into a miracle performer-man was none other than GOD! Jesus is God! Jesus is GOD! I guess that was more like a Wow Aha moment!
Well, here I am today...ponder to topic of body, soul, and spirit with a dear friend...chatting away and stumbling upon this 'aha moment'. Follow my thoughts:
....my spirit is what was dead and now is alive
...my spirit is what God meant when He said the old has passed away & all things are made new
...I am not the old sinful dead spirit creature I once was, by God's loving grace, I am truly alive in Him.
My spirit is indwelled by the Holy Spirit,but uniquely separate in identity from the HS My spirit is justified, positionally glorified, seated currently in the heavenlies, filled with God's spirit, given His fruit, righteous in the sight of God, whole, pure, clean...."aha!"
So that is what it means in the Bible when God says I am a new creature and all the old me has passed away....my spiritual being...the very part of me that is God- breathed...the part of me that is sealed in the palm of God's hand...the me that is unable to be harmed, unable to be destroyed, unable to be damaged goods!
That is the great mystery...God in me and me in God!
I always saw it like the stories I was told....like my spirit was this circle with a big square hollow spot in a that could only be filled by God. And I imagined when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior that the Holy Spirit took His place in my spirit hole.
But I never realized that it was me...my spiritual core essence of who God created me to be. My spirit is the part of ME that is separate from my physical body and heart/soul (which includes my mind, my will and my emotions)
I am spirit!
I am not just filled by His Spirit!
I know this may not seem like an aha! moment to you....may take some pondering...Do you really understand and believe that you are a spiritual being? You can see you are physical (that's easy). It is also pretty easy to logically believe that you are soulish. In your soul (also called hear), you can feel emotions, you can think and learn, you can also make decions about what you will do. Your soul/heart is composed of your emotions, mind and free will.
I will try to follow in later blogs with Bible verses, as I study it out in His Word, The Bible.
But two super truths come to me from this "aha moment"
1) My spirit is new, regenerated, whole, undamaged, totally connected to God and
2) No one..human or spiritual can touch my spirit except God!!!! I am safe! I am covered! I am whole! I am new! I am good!
This will be a great help in working with God to heal your wounded heart/soul (mind, will and emotions)! If you are spiritually born for the second time by God, you have a new clean, uncorruptible, functioning, beautiful, sweet spirit!
I look forward to life living in this reality and truth! Have a blessed day!
I hope you understand how you are spiritual. If you have any questions, please comment. If you don't understand, comment and let me know. Feel free to share your understanding. I want this blog to be useful. I look forward to hearing from you.
We all are blessed with those "aha" moments in life...some of us more frequent then others...it was like in high school when I stopped trying to figure out in algebra what in the world the "x", "y" or "a" was and just worked the problem in the proper mathematical order....kinda like following rules to a game ....without analyzing the thoughts behind or in the game. After that "aha" moment I never had another problem in two years of algebra.
Or the big life "aha" moment...like when I was sitting in a small United Methodist church in a small college town and listening to the pastor preach but also looking at the light shine in through the window....and in an instant my soul clearly understood and accepted that Jesus, that little baby that was born to virgin Mary in the manger scene...well, that same little boy that grew into a miracle performer-man was none other than GOD! Jesus is God! Jesus is GOD! I guess that was more like a Wow Aha moment!
Well, here I am today...ponder to topic of body, soul, and spirit with a dear friend...chatting away and stumbling upon this 'aha moment'. Follow my thoughts:
....my spirit is what was dead and now is alive
...my spirit is what God meant when He said the old has passed away & all things are made new
...I am not the old sinful dead spirit creature I once was, by God's loving grace, I am truly alive in Him.
My spirit is indwelled by the Holy Spirit,but uniquely separate in identity from the HS My spirit is justified, positionally glorified, seated currently in the heavenlies, filled with God's spirit, given His fruit, righteous in the sight of God, whole, pure, clean...."aha!"
So that is what it means in the Bible when God says I am a new creature and all the old me has passed away....my spiritual being...the very part of me that is God- breathed...the part of me that is sealed in the palm of God's hand...the me that is unable to be harmed, unable to be destroyed, unable to be damaged goods!
That is the great mystery...God in me and me in God!
I always saw it like the stories I was told....like my spirit was this circle with a big square hollow spot in a that could only be filled by God. And I imagined when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior that the Holy Spirit took His place in my spirit hole.
But I never realized that it was me...my spiritual core essence of who God created me to be. My spirit is the part of ME that is separate from my physical body and heart/soul (which includes my mind, my will and my emotions)
I am spirit!
I am not just filled by His Spirit!
I know this may not seem like an aha! moment to you....may take some pondering...Do you really understand and believe that you are a spiritual being? You can see you are physical (that's easy). It is also pretty easy to logically believe that you are soulish. In your soul (also called hear), you can feel emotions, you can think and learn, you can also make decions about what you will do. Your soul/heart is composed of your emotions, mind and free will.
I will try to follow in later blogs with Bible verses, as I study it out in His Word, The Bible.
But two super truths come to me from this "aha moment"
1) My spirit is new, regenerated, whole, undamaged, totally connected to God and
2) No one..human or spiritual can touch my spirit except God!!!! I am safe! I am covered! I am whole! I am new! I am good!
This will be a great help in working with God to heal your wounded heart/soul (mind, will and emotions)! If you are spiritually born for the second time by God, you have a new clean, uncorruptible, functioning, beautiful, sweet spirit!
I look forward to life living in this reality and truth! Have a blessed day!
I hope you understand how you are spiritual. If you have any questions, please comment. If you don't understand, comment and let me know. Feel free to share your understanding. I want this blog to be useful. I look forward to hearing from you.
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