Too Good to be True

 It is finished.  Everything man could ever need ("His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him," 2 Peter 1:3) is already ours.  Instead of begging God to heal or provide, we simply can thank Him that He has already provided it.   When asked "What must we do to work the works of God? Jesus declared the work of God is to believe in Him who He sent. We live by faith not sight, faith in what Jesus has won for us through His death and resurrection.

It sounds too good to be true.  In the world we are conditioned to realize when an offer seems "too good to be true," it probably is a scam and not true.  As a result of this thinking, we tend to take everything with a grain of salt, so we don't get taken advantage of.  Therefore, the Word of God must be received in our spirit where the Holy Spirit bears witness, rather than through our mind.  Our thinking is foolishness compared to the wisdom of God, and no one can come to God in the wisdom of man according to 1 Corinthians 1.  The mind must be renewed to think God's thoughts.

Our spirit man is where the "knower" part of us resides.  The Word is spirit and life. However, It does have the power of God to transform our thinking and enlighten the mind with truth.  Notice how Ephesians 1:17-18 asks God to "give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know..."  The Word enters our spirit and in God's order, our spirit then directs our soulish part (mind, will, and emotions) to understand and submit.  Psalm 103 is also an example, "Bless the Lord O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name."  The "spirit" Word enters our spirit and then the spirit of man directs the soul to act.

I love the line in Psalm 21, which says I am "most blessed forever."  How could we be anything but most blessed, when we are the righteousness of God, we will reign with the Lord Jesus forever, all things are working for our good, He is a very present help in times of need, by His stripes we are healed, all my needs are met according to His riches in glory, surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and we shall swell in the house of the Lord forever?    

We can take any of the promises of God, which always seem "too good" for our natural mind, and simply receive them as seed in the good ground of our heart.  We are instructed to receive the Word with meekness, by laying down our thinking in order that His thoughts may dominate our thoughts.  As a man thinks, so is he.  

Hearing and declaring God's Word allows these "God thoughts" to produce faith, which is an assurance, a know-so conviction of things not seen.  Ephesians 5 talks about "the washing by the water of the Word."  Just as Paul realized that he had to die daily because of the wicked tendencies of the flesh, we likewise need to let the Spirit help us put to death the deeds of the flesh (Romans 8:13) by daily washing our heart and thinking with the Word of God.  When we know the truth of Jesus' triumph over sin, sickness, and death, we are set free from striving to be good enough.  We enter His rest because He is "too good."