Shalom,
Psalm 84:4-5:
4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell in Your hose and Your presence; they will be singing Your parises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! 5 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways of Zion.
That reminds me of a song by Hillsong Live: Blessed:
Romans 12:1-2 is an admonition that we should ALL being taking to heart every day!
1 I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of god, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
As we have heard many times before, it doesn't say the "removal" of your mind, but the "renewal"! This is the Greek word "anakainoosis", which means: a renewal, a renovation, a complete change for the better. DON'T get caught up thinking like the world thinks! Spend time praying in the Spirit. Then study the Word of God, asking the Holy Spirit to make it real to YOU! Then go and DO what you see in the Word to do! Refuse to believe ANYTHING that is contrary to the Word! You will definitely stand out from the world, but it will be because you think, speak and act like Jesus! THAT will be a very GOOD thing!
Numbers 11 has to be one of my least favorite stories of the 40 years in the wilderness! I am NOT much of a meat eater in the first place, but to think of eating so much quail that it would come out of your nostrils! The Amplified Bible says they would vomit it up! That makes me want to fast right now! Don't allow ANYTHING in this life to take the place of exaltation that belongs to the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible for all that he has done for YOU! What is food? What are things? What is money, if it comes at the expense of keeping HIM first place in our lives? Paul said it well in Philippians 3:10-11:
10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that i may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His person more strongly and more clearly], and that i may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection, and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] 11 That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].
Shalom in Him!
