II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
April 26th
"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad
and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." Isaiah 65:17-18, 24
Yes, there is that "magic button": it is a three-way switch which fuses the mind and heart of the individual with that of Christ our Lord. But don't kid yourself that you can will this into existence, nor yet that you can cry so bitterly as to bring it about.
It is the "seed of truth" perceived by the spirit within, taken by the power of will and planted deep into the heart. The heart must receive it, even as a young mother her long-awaited child. Similarly is it watched over, nourished, and tended until it takes on growth in depth and height, even to the cleaving of the very heavens.
Unto whom is the above Scripture promised? Unto those with the three-way switch in constant operation. Do not let your own eyes rivet on verse 24 to the exclusion of all else. Clear-cut is His statement that He creates new heavens, and a new earth and that the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Now, we translate that into the microcosmic realm of the individual. The earth He speaks of is your way of living: your present earthly life, while the heavens is your mind and your thoughts, mingled with human emotions. All of these must be recreated in us, they must be created anew to such extent that the former shall not be remembered, nor ever come into mind!
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