Let me begin today by saying I am excited about the future and what God has in store. I was reminded last night that sometimes when God is refining you, which can be a painful process, sometimes we forget that He is still working in power around us. We lose sight of the fact that He is doing His work in us so that He can be more glorified and do increasingly amazing things. There are seasons to God's working. It reminds me of the verse in Psalm 126:5 that says, "Those who sow in tears, will reap with songs of joy."
I was reading in Luke chapter 9 today about Jesus feeding the 5000. I was struck with Jesus' challenge to the disciples. "You give them something to eat." Here were over 5000 people in a remote place and Jesus tells them to feed the people. Its hard to hear the disciples response and not think of ourselves. "All we have is 5 loaves, 2 fishes, unless we go buy food for aaaaaallllllllll these people." Obviously the disciples mindset was planted firmly in the natural. Even though these same disciples had just been on mission for Christ and seen many healings and other miraculous works (Luke 8), they never considered in this moment that Jesus could do something amazing to get the crowd fed.
We know the result. Jesus took the loaves and fishes and fed the 5000 and had plenty left over. We are many times stuck in thinking with the natural mind. The kingdom of God can not be understood and lived in with the natural mind. We must think supernaturally. John Calvin said, "The wisdom of the flesh is always exclaiming against the mysteries of God." Our natural mind will always fight against the supernatural working of God. When Jesus leads us to a challenge or call, it will never be accomplished by trusting in our natural thinking. It will require us to think with the mind of Christ and trust Him for supernatural provision.
When we walk with Jesus' mind, we get to live the adventure. Would you join Him.
Brad