Bird On A Wire
I had a conversation today with someone I always thought had a lot of faith. We were talking about God and healing in a circumstance. Instead of believing that Gods Word overrides a doctors word, a tests word, and even the opinion of an ordinary man or woman, they believe that you should basically go with what the world says until God steps in. I’m of the contrary belief that you have faith first. We should not ignore sound advise such as doctors or professionals but you should always error on the side of faith. There is no balancing of the world and God. We either live according to Gods rules or we live according to the world!
I wrote this article last year. I have found in the last few days that it is really applying to my faith right now so I thought a repost of it is necessary.
For all of us who are believing in faith for the healing of Noel Miller, this is for us. For those that are believing in faith for something else that is big and seems impossible… Well, this is for you.
Ever felt like you were in a balancing act? I do sometimes. I think this bird is pretty good at it – by the looks of it at least. Sometimes I think I am too.
I wonder what is on the end of that string that he is pulling…? Is it a weight that weighs him down so he will keep balance? Is it another bird doing some other weird trick? Maybe a HUGE elephant and that is why “LIFE” decided this bird was so extraordinary and took its picture! Who knows…
What I DO know is that we all play a balancing act. On one end of our lives is our flesh, doing what it does best – be fleshly. On the other end is our Spirit, doing what IT does best – help us to be Christ centered.
When our body (flesh) outweighs our Spirit, our lives fall apart. The “load” we are carrying tumbles to the ground in a heap and we often become frustrated, angry, depressed, mad at the world or worse: mad at God.
I realize more as I write this that the “balancing act” isn’t even Biblical. I don’t believe I can find anywhere in the Bible that God tells us to “eveneth outeth thy flesh and thy Spirit until they are in unity.” Nope. It doesn’t say that. We aren’t suppose to “balance” our flesh and our Spirit. Our Spirit should ALWAYS outweigh our flesh. Our Spirit should be the mind of Christ and we should live our lives, we should walk our walk, we should run our race (whatever you want to call it!) in such a way that you can’t tell that we have the world in us because our flesh is subject to our Spirit and the Spirit of God.
So – no more will I say that I have to have a more balanced life between my flesh and my spirit. I can’t live my life like this bird on a wire. I have to allow my spirit to be subjected to the Spirit of God.
“Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you’ll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannzied by what you want.” 1 Peter 4:1-2 (MSG)