Gates to the soul
So, from last week we identified two main gates to our soul (Eyes and Ears) through which we are continually fed with information that is either good or bad for our consumption. In my opinion, we should accept the fact that what we see and what we choose to listen to is beyond our control hence the best trick played on us yet is our lack of control of these two gates.
From childhood, colourful things have been used to get our attention. As we grow older, we are continually controlled by what we see which has an adverse effect on other members of our bodies like our hearing, touch etc. Ever wondered why advertising is in existence? Yes you may say it was made for us to strengthen our decisions in purchasing a product or service but does it stop there? NO!! It also forms our way of life, it makes our choices by giving us options and eliminating other options that may have not been advertised in an enticing manner as others may have done.
This same method is used to entice us into what will make us less of who our creator made us to be. Thank God for choice once again but once this media from the headquarters of hell captures the sight, then that gift of choice is already thwarted before we make it, leaving us with no choice.
Hence:
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Psalm 101 verses 3 says I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Morally bad or wrong; “evil purposes”; “an evil influence”; “evil deeds” indecent and common in nature (NIV). |
The thing is when the battle of control over your sight is lost to the enemy, you continually make dedicative choices according to what you have lived by or known for years and these behaviours, good or bad, that result from the choices eventually become you.
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Jesus said in Matthew 6:22-23 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! |
Created as the light of the world is a mega plus for us however when the darkness of this world via entertainment, media and other things we should not be allowing into our soul gets through, what then happens to the whole body? I’ll tell you what happens; Decisions are made in error and choices miss targets by huge margins, all due to the fact that the source of the choices were wrong in the first place hence the bible once again says if the foundation is faulty, what can the righteous do? (See Last weeks).
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Why not use every resource available to you in this battle to take charge of your gates and start finding the real you created by God as a salt of this earth.
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You think you know?
Last week on the Finding You Series, we talked about what informs our decision making processes and what leads to the build up of our senses, wants, mind, heart desires, decisions and finally our choices. We also understand that even though God gave us the free will to make choices, the question still is; what informs and educates our free will?
You think you know? You have no idea
You see, the best trick played on every living soul residing on this planet earth is the trick of using our own powers and ability as a self destructive tool. Imagine fighting against yourself with your own strength? That’s a continuous battle that will never end and will also have only one casualty, you! (Think about it).
God gave us all a choice and the choice we make will either make or destroy us, so what you find is this, if the ability to make the right choice is taken from you, there is no need to be worried about the choice you will make. Why? Because the foundation of your choice making is faulty anyway hence you can never really make the choice you should have made in the first place. Confused? Look at this…..
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Psalm 11 verse 3 says if the foundations are destroyed, what can the [unyieldingly] righteous do, or what has He [the Righteous One] wrought or accomplished? (AMPLIFIED) |
In real terms, your decisions keeps falling short of an excellent result or you are unable to stop a habit you know you should stop or perhaps a lifestyle that you know is going nowhere. It all starts from two members of your body that you think you have control over but you actually don’t.
We are talking about the two basic gates to your soul, the eyes and the ears. Now, your eyes and ears are yours to control, it’s your choice what you do with them but can you manage them? Are you able to control them? Fact is a lot of us struggle to control these two members of our body though we have the ability to and as long as we are unable to control these two departments of our body, then we fight a loosing battle towards righteousness and therefore will reap the result of bad decision making.
Here is why they are important. What you see, you imitate and what you hear you do (most of the time), combine both of them and you will find that your choices starts here. Here is the deep part, your sight and ears help determine your feelings and senses and with the help of other members of your body, they create sensations such as touch, feelings, satisfactions, desires etc.
What should control your sight and ears? The scriptures, the Holy Bible, it’s the only book that has your true DNA. Renew your mind with it.
Watch out for series five, Gates of the Soul!
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Was that ‘really’ your choice?
Moving on in this series of finding the real you, we have looked at who we really are, encompassing body, spirit and soul in the image of our maker, God. We have also looked at the heart as a source of mindful decision making.
We will now look at the build up of your senses, wants, mind, heart desires, decisions and finally your choices. We thank God for free will given to us, but what educates that free will is the question?
You are not just the choices you make. Through life you have picked a habit or two and the reason these things become your habit and therefore the source of your choice and behaviour is because of what you EXPOSE YOURSELF to, but THANK GOD WE HAVE A CHOICE.
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Romans 12v1 says “I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.)” Amplified Version |
As beings on this earth, our soul (the true us that goes back to God after death) easily picks up things because it feels senses via the body. So you will find that, a member of your body such as the eyes sees something that satisfies the body (flesh), though it may push the spirit of God in us further away from us and destroy the chance of the soul making heaven, we still choose it irrespective.
In most of us today, we have lost the control of our choices due to the lack of control of certain members of our existence (body). This is due to our worldly ways before a rebirth by the spirit. The problem is, once the world helps control what you choose or what you spend time with, then the battle for your choices were already made for you before you get a chance to even make the choice.
It then becomes important to look at what informs your heart, mind and eventually choices hence the question? did YOU really make that choice? Was that YOUR decision? What and who exactly formed that choice in you? Is it a verifiable choice by God in His word?
Complicated? Watch out for the next series to explain more into the best trick played on you yet, and be prepared to take back control.
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