Binding or Liberating

[Sons to Glory!]

Thank you OBW and HERn - good discussion and things to consider. In reading these last two posts I'm reminded of something a brother said recently about putting off the old man and putting on the new man. And while much of his speaking was regarding Christ in you (aka inner life), he brought up 2 Tim 2:22 & Gal 5:13 about fleeing youthful lusts and giving no occasion to the flesh. The example he gave was about watching TV. He basically said, "If you know that you'll get all worked up in your flesh when you turn on the TV, then just don't turn it on! Be like Joseph with Potifer's wife and just get the heck outa there!" In other words, don't stop and pray and consider when in such situations, just act. And this is actually an act of faith which, I'm sure, God is fully pleased with and honors.

So there's nothing wrong with praying and giving something to Him and asking for His supply in a matter. But I certainly see where that can be taken too far as well. I think at one point in my Christian walk I was way over on the hyper-spiritual side, waiting for Him to do everything. But slowly I'm seeing that He actually has done in, and now it is (as OBW points out) just a matter of abiding.

The renewing of the mind seems like such a slow processes, doesn't it? But I think in "that day" when we look back over our lives fully in the light, we'll see everything happened right on (His) schedule!