Philippians 2:5-6states, Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
This is how God wants you to think about yourself. God wants you to see yourself on his level and in his form. If you will take the time and apply the effort to allow your mind to think like this, you will never be the same again. You will see everything from a different view.
Lets look at a couple of scriptures that will help you see yourself as God sees you.
Genesis 1:26, And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion…
Genesis 2:7, And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
God has always seen man on his level as his equal. How can God make something in His image and likeness and it not be equal to what it was made from. You are to have this mindset in you. You must, in order to rule over the darkness of this world and receive the riches of Christ in your life. If you do not renew you mind to this you will never see yourself as worthy to have His riches.
Let’s look at another passage of scripture to help you see yourself as God sees you.
Ephesians 1:17-2:1, That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Now look at Ephesians 2:6-7, And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
You are not robbing God of honor by saying that you are His equal because you are in Christ Jesus, seated with him in heavenly places in his throne as He sits with His Father in His throne. This is God’s will for you. This is the good pleasure of His will, that you see yourself as He sees you. God raised you up to his level, you had nothing to do with it. He exhalted you there. So see yourself seated far above all the principality and power and might and dominion of this world and the world which is to come.
Ephesians 2:10, For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Quit calling God your senior partner. Jesus said that he would send the comforter which is the Holy Spirit. The word comforter means called along side to help. You are a joint heir with Christ, not a sub heir. God is not senior partner in your life. You are! God can do nothing in your life unless you give him permission to do so. He is the source of all wisdom and all power, but he can not work if you do not let it. God said in Isaiah 43:13, I will work and who will let it.
He has done all that he can do for you. If there was anything else that he could do he would do even that, but there is nothing. He has set the standard for you to follow, but if you choose not to do so, there is nothing else he can do for you and through you.
But when you keep his commandments you and He can do all things together. You can raise the dead, heal the sick, cast out devils, walk in abundant riches, walk in favor with all men, have victory over all you enemies and be called by all nations the one who the Lord has blessed. He will make your name great among the gentiles, the word says.
God’s way of doing things is not like our way of doing things. When you ask Him for that which is in line with his will, he grants it, but he does not use time as a factor as to when the harvest comes. Time means nothing to God as far as harvest time is concerned. He is moved by conditions. When all the conditions that govern the spiritual laws which bring your harvest are present, it happens immediately. Bang, there it is!
An example in the natural would be weather. Certain conditions must be right for a certain type of weather pattern to appear on radar. When those conditions are met it happens immediately. When the conditions for a tornado are right it appears suddenly. Learn this and ye do well with God!
The same thing is true in worship services. Some people have been waiting for God to show up in their church for years. Churches ask him to come, but it will never happen in a great degree until certain spiritual conditions are met to cause him to manifest himself.
It is the same in anything that you receive from God, weather it be miracles of healing or finances. Certain conditions that govern those laws must be present before harvest can come. It is up to each individual to get before God and find out what those conditions are. He will show you before you need them if you allow him to do so.
Fred Fishburne has been serving the Lord since 1980. He was called by God in 1983 to New Life Bible College in Atlanta, Georgia, Founded by Norvel Hayes. After graduation, he helped charter a Rhema Bible Church, Living Word On The Move, Pastored by Larry E. Moss, a 1979 Rhema graduate, in which Fred and His wife Ann raised their family and still serve today. They have studied after other teachers such as: Kenneth Copeland, Dr. Leroy Thompson and E. W. Kenyon.
Fred and Ann have owned a successful natural health store in McDonough, Ga. since 1994. Helping people with there health is a big part of their ministry. “It gives us a chance to show our customers what the Bibles says about good health, and His abundant riches,” says the couple.
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