Mind over Matter Matters

Proverbs 23: 7 says, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”

I think it’s fair to say that most of us think with our heads, not our hearts.  Or at least we believe that.

The way most of us process information is as follows:

We perceive something that occurs through one of our five senses, usually eyes or ears. E.g. The doctor tells you have have some dreaded disease.

We use our other senses to confirm this.  We LOOK in a mirror, and come into agreement.  We FEEL badly and come into agreement.  The doctor runs tests and we HEAR the results and come into agreement.  You get the picture.

Then, our minds process all these facts, usually fueled by fear (how many WebMD doctors do we have out there?) and decide, logically, that this must be the truth. A + B must certainly equal C!  

And so, that truth settles into our hearts as we come to grips with it and sure enough the dreaded disease is part of us.  How often do you hear, “I’m battling MY cancer, MY alllergies, MY pain, MY divorce, MY fat …”  Listen … you will hear that … A LOT!!!

Notice, we have to “come to grips” with these things—that means it’s a struggle to accept them—why?  Because they don’t belong to US!!!!  Don’t Claim them, they are not yours!!  These are things that came with the curse at the original Fall of Man.  As a Christian, you have been delivered by the blood of Jesus, get on the blessed side of the cross!!

Easy to say, I know, but that’s what I’m saying here.  The way we process information is the problem.  It enabled man to be cursed in the Garden, and to date, it continues to enable us to be cursed even if we are covered in the blood.  It is NOT how God designed us, it is the power of the enemy’s deception at work.

Let’s look at Genesis to see what happened.  We see the serpent deceiving her in Chapter 3 and then finally in 3:6 we see how his deception worked. “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate [emphasis mine].”

Notice that the woman first SAW with her eyes.  Then she came into agreement and THOUGHT that it was pleasant.  Then she DESIRED with her heart and finally she ACTED by eating and giving.

Prior to the fall, man was created in the image of the God (Genesis 1:27).  So their thought process must have been the same.  It’s impossible to know how God thinks because he is infinite, but we can get a glimpse by listening to Jesus—who was God thinking with a man’s brain … and heart.

Take a look at Mark 11: 24.  Jesus says, “Therefore I say to you, What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.”

Let’s look at this scripture and see where the thought process begins.  Where do we DESIRE things?  In our Hearts—the Kingdom thinking begins in our hearts and we know they are God’s will if we have the mind of Christ!  Next we ACT by praying and believing that we receive—in other words, we are to agree with our heart and imagine that what we have asked for is already so—this can only happen in our MINDS.  Finally, we shall have them, which means that we finally SEE them come to pass!!!

In the Kingdom, we first perceive with the heart, then our Mind agrees that it is the truth (because we have the mind of Christ), and then our eyes see it.

Remember the Word says in Revelation 12: 11 that “they overcame by the blood of the lamb, AND by the word of their testimony.”  That means they gave their testimony BEFORE they actually overcame!!!  Get this about Kingdom thinking—its powerful revelation!

Through the redemptive power of the Blood, we are no longer under the curse and have access to the same kind of Kingdom thinking that Man was designed to have …  and with that comes DOMINION over the natural.  That’s where the word supernatural comes from.  It means ABOVE the Natural.

So the fallen model is this: Eyes—Brain—Agreement—Heart—Truth

The Kingdom model is this: Truth—Heart—Agreement—Brain—Eyes

Your five senses are a gift, my friends, God designed them so the we might perceive what He has already done, not giving credence to the works of the devil.  1 John 3: 8 says, “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

Satan’s only work was to teach us to put our brain before God’s heart that we might believe our own truths and disobey Him.  

Don’t be deceived any longer!  Be blessed, my friends and choose Kingdom thinking—with your hearts!