Recovering My Whole Person Spirit, Soul, And Body (3)
When we surrender our will and our lives into God’s care, He establishes a living connection between us and Him. Our spirit comes alive as God’s Spirit lives in us. God begins to pour His unfailing love into us. We begin to realize that we actually belong to God. We are cherished children of God and bring delight to His heart. This truth grows in our spirit and begins to bring stability and freedom to our soul – that part of our being where we think and feel and make choices. (See diagram with Monday’s meditation)
Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. (1 Thessalonians 5:23 NLT)
Where we’ve previously felt isolated and detached we now begin to experience a sense of connectedness. As we remember that God is watching over us, fear gives way to a sense of security. God is working on our behalf. It begins to sink into our minds that we are not alone. We are not powerless because God is with us. Confusion gives way to more and more clarity. Hope grows and despair moves away as surely as fog is dispersed by the warm sunshine. God is making us whole, holy in every way.
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. (2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 4:24 NLT)
New patterns of behaviour are rooted in these changes in our spirit and our souls are impacted. We begin to think more positively because God is helping us sort out our problems. Rather than reacting and running, we start to feel more secure and confident in dealing with what life brings our way. Our co-dependent need for approval from others diminishes as we learn to stand firm on the truth of God’s word and find our identity as the treasured person God says we are. Lying and cheating and scamming are no longer necessary. We live as people of integrity and it feels good.
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