Undo Me

Sometimes I feel so simple-minded yet by the grace of God wisdom and understanding are ours! Thank you Jesus that you love to freely dispense wisdom to all who seek it! I was listening to a song by Dan Dyer (for all of you lovers of obscure musicians...he's a good one!) tonight and the Lord deepened my understanding of sanctification.

Here's the lyrics to part of the song:

"Why are we so afraid
To go lay down in the river?
Wash away everything
So we can be delivered"

the river is the WORD of God, the truth...it is living and active. As we immerse ourselves into the river of life, Jesus, the Word, we are cleansed! - but wait a sec, aren't we already clean? aren't we already justified and have peace with God through Christ? YES! The word cleanses and renews our minds -washing away old patterns -flesh patterns, LIES that have been implanted, etc. Once we renew our minds (Romans 12:1,2) we are restored back to who we truly are - clean, new, loved children of God.

Last thought - why are we so afraid? what is there to fear? why don't we go LAY DOWN (rest) in this water, river of life?? the TRUTH will UNDO US....hmmm. sounds scary! Another word for undo (verb) is free (verb). Like Lazarus, Jesus calls us forth, DELIVERS us out of our old burial rags to be undone and reveal a new, alive, FREE self. yesssssssss!

I'll end this ole post with a great quote from Abba's Child by Brennan Manning..."in solitude we tune out the nay-saying whispers of our worthlessness and sink down into the mystery of our true self."