It has always surprised me how Easter has always been the beginning of new things in my life. It is also a time of reflecting on the work that God did for us by sacrificing Jesus on the cross—such a horrific death for the only man who never sinned.
He was meek as a lamb and was slaughtered like a lamb, and His blood poured out for our sins. We, as believers, should follow Jesus daily. Our death is not physical, but spiritual, as we take thoughts captive or do introspection of how our own dark side made it into the mind of our spirit. We have given the mind of our spirit to God, and it is the heart of man.
My heart is also the Kingdom of God.
As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. This does not sound like it should be a problem to keep our thoughts on God; however, disciplining our thoughts to stay on the Word of God is very hard to do.
We, as believers, endure many trials. 1 Peter says it is to prove our faith in the same way fire purifies gold. Our faith is much more precious to God than gold. As you can see, faith is the main objective of our lives in the earth.
Romans 12:3:
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”
Ephesians 2:8:
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.”
But how can I know that faith has come?
Rom 10:17:
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
John 6:63:
“It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profited nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
So it stands to reason that if we meditate on the Word of God, it should cause faith to come into action, with which we should be able to conquer any problem. This is true, but before the Word can find root in the heart, the soil must be prepared; see to it that your heart is sanctified.
Search my heart, O Lord, take all my sin away, and this is why the cross should be the centre of our hearts. We follow Jesus to die and become a living sacrifice daily. Do not dig and mourn, only those things that are on the surface of your thoughts. Things like unforgiveness or especially worry. Worry is a fearful state of the heart. Ask the Holy Spirit to show the state of your heart, and once you have dealt with sin, confidence comes. Confidence to pray the prayer of faith.
The Bible teaches that it is sin not to live by faith. There are many promises in the Bible for us to cause faith in our hearts, but begin with the state of your heart. Begin by asking the Lord about what your heart looks like to Him. Is it good soil to sow the Word in? Trying to sow a seed into unprepared soil is not possible. There is a digging that must happen. Pull out those old weeds that are growing in your garden by the root, crucify them, and use communion. Now we are doing Hebrews 10:22.
Hebrews 10:22
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”