The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind Expanded Edition: Access to a Life of Miracles by Bill Johnson

Author:Bill Johnson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780768404210
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.
Published: 2014-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

GUILT-FREE AND FORGIVEN

Jesus got what I deserved so that I could get what He deserved.

We have seen that the point of our lives is out of a place of intimacy to do God’s will on earth as it is in heaven. We have seen how our minds are the gatekeepers of the miraculous and must be renewed if we are to see reality from God’s perspective. We have seen how revelation must be put into action, and that miracles are tutors and opportunities to change the way we live from that point on.

Now I want to pause and talk about the common obstacles people come up against as they seek to live in the supernatural and renew their minds. I heard a story of a European family who wanted to move to the United States, so they worked hard and saved enough money to take a ship across the Atlantic. They also saved as much as they could to buy cheese and crackers, provisions they could eat as a family in the small ship’s cabin they would occupy. They boarded the ship and days and weeks went by. The family huddled in their cabin eating their meager provisions, all while listening to the footsteps and laughter of people in the hallway on their way to eat in the banquet room. On the last night of their long sea journey the captain announced they would make landfall in the United States the next day. The father decided to celebrate by taking the family to the banquet room where everyone else on the ship had been eating for three weeks. He approached the captain and asked how much the meal cost. The captain looked at him in surprise and said, “You mean you haven’t been eating there? Those meals were included in the price of the fare.”

I strongly believe that many Christians eat cheese and crackers, in spiritual terms, when our “fare” bought us a full banquet. I’m not talking about financial wealth, although God destroyed the power of poverty at the Cross. I’m talking about salvation and the forgiveness of sin. Too often Christians live under the influence of yesterday’s failures, blemishes, and mistakes. When we do, we depart from the normal Christian lifestyle and live under the influence of a lie. Needless to say, this lie halts the renewing of our minds and keeps us from living in the “everyday miraculous” that should be normal for every born-again believer.

Why do people receive God’s forgiveness but constantly live under the shadow of their failures? I know from personal experience that I used to willingly live under the guilt and shame of bad decisions from yesterday because I thought it helped me walk in humility. I would get down in the mouth and dwell on my shortcomings. I never was good at talking about it with friends. Instead, I internalized it. But as I focused on my character problems, they grew overwhelmingly large. I fed them with an unrenewed mind, and the power of agreement came upon the problem and multiplied its apparent size.

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