I often think about life and the world that we are living in. Many times in the past, I have said that it is not how much we pray, but rather the quality time we spend thinking with God. It is in these thinking processes that one's heart is configured to God's heart and that right actions can come from one's inner man.
I realized that not all of us are thinkers but I do believe that we need to spend time thinking and allow ourselves in these thought sessions to be very honest with ourselves. It is the truth that sets us free and truth can only correctly be perceived if our perspectives of this world and ourselves are accurate. It is normal to shy away from one's self and the process of configuration because of the effort and conflict that is released within.
You will agree with me that self leadership is of utmost importance in the world that we are living in and to be prophetical accurate, we need to broaden our perspectives to be able to lead and to influence. I am reminded of the scripture in Joshua 3 when the Israelites needed to cross the Jordan to enter the promise land. It is important to understand that it was a whole new season for them, being led out from slavery into their desert experience. It was a process of mind change. They were under oppression and had the mindsets of slaves. In their desert experience, God became the Miracle Working God that provided for them but it was still just a process of mindsets being changed in the journey of liberation to the Promised Land. The process of change and the interaction between God and man is clear in this story.
A whole generation was wiped out in their desert experience because of their inability to perceive God's purposes for them. They were so caught up in their previous state that they could not reach out to their destiny!
I want to emphasize again how important the configuration of the heart is in our endeavors with God. It is important to understand that in the third chapter of Joshua, God leads the people into a brand new environment of positioning, in the desert environment God performs miracles for them to sustain them but now they have come to the crossing point in their journey, where they need to position themselves so that God can do miracles through them.
If our perceptions are incorrect, the church will not be in the position to manifest the Kingdom of God and we will perish in our old mindsets, incapable to live as sons of the most high God! It is time to cross over into a new dispensation of sonship, manifesting the love of God!
