Hi all,
How does a person recover from emotional disorder and illness? How do we un-believe a lie?
Elijah or Messiah?
By the time of Matthew 16:13 people were saying that Jesus was a reincarnated Elijah (or other prophet).
This
was a lie, but it is clear people were believing and telling others
that Jesus was Elijah, for Lord asked the disciples what people were
saying, so it is clear they were hearing these lies about Jesus. Yet
when asked what they believed, Peter responded; "You are the Christ, the
Son of the Living God".
Jesus
said Peter knew who He was by revelation from the Father, and upon that
rock of revelation He would build His church. All believers have
similarly received revelation from the Father that Jesus is the Christ,
and we made a choice to un-believe what we had believed about Him - a
good man, a prophet, historical figure, a myth - to believe the
revelation stirring in our hearts: You are the Christ, the Messiah, the
Son of God.
What revelation does
When
Peter received the revelation from the Father that Jesus is the Christ,
it shined heavenly light on the lies of others saying who Jesus was,
causing Peter to be faced with a decision - believe the lies others
believed about Jesus, or respond to the revelation and believe what the
Father presented as Truth.
Peter had to be willing to settle the issue in his heart once and for all.
Therefore revelation from the Father is the foundation that must be
laid down so a person can see a lie for what it is. At the point of
revelation a person has a choice. But they must be willing to settle the
issue and end all mental gymnastics and fighting against the
revelation. They must be willing to stop fighting against the Truth
brought forth by revelation.
Hebrews
6:4 says, we have to be 'illuminated' before 'tasting the heavenly
gift' of Jesus. Jesus said everyone who first hears and learns of the
Father then comes to Him. He said when a person sees the Son, then they
believe on Him. That 'seeing' the Son is revelation from the Father.
(Hebrews 6:4, John 6:40, 45)
For
a believer revelation from the Father is a way of life - Paul prayed
for it in Ephesians 1:15-18 and 3:14-20 and Colossians 1:9, among
others. Along the way we are faced with receiving revelation about
Biblical relationships, the Holy Spirit and tongues, is healing for
today, and so much more kingdom revelation.
The hard part
Other
revelations come, built upon the foundational revelation, revelations
about issues in life, causing us to see our own history in light of the
Father's perspective, salvation, and love. Over a life time He provides
revelation to us here and there, as we think on decisions we made in the
past - we see them as foolish, maybe have to forgive ourselves, and we
are shown good and wise ones too.
We
often don't realize it is the Father showing us this review of past
decisions - but we know it is Him because the memories remain but the
pain is gone and we have a third party perspective - and He then goes
deeper, to what we think of ourselves and about who we are and our
purpose on this planet.
Decisions, decisions
The
decision to believe leave the lie to embrace the revelation can be the
most difficult thing a person has ever made. Let us use the example of a
sexually abused girl who grows up believing the lie it was her fault,
that she somehow was too attractive or flirty to her uncle/dad/neighbor,
so she at shared the blame for her abuse.
For
her to see in the light of the Father's revelation that a 10 year old
girl is not responsible for the actions of predatory men, means leaving a
belief system that is comfortable and known. She has experienced an
ocean of heart ache because believing the lie caused her to make
horrible choices in life, but at least it was known, with predictable
patterns of success and failure, a cycle of life that had a perverted
sense of security.
Pain?
To
let go of blaming herself would be a huge unknown - she has never
thought like that and she has become comfortable blaming herself not
only for that molestation, but throughout life she believed related lies
where she blamed herself for any outcome that didn't meet expectations.
For
instance - she believes it was her fault a friend died in a car
accident when they were teens, in a perverted logic looking for a way
for the lie to be true - IF she had invited her friend over to spend the
night (though she wasn't thinking of it at the time) then maybe her
friend wouldn't have gotten into the car to go drinking that night. And
IF she had called her friend at 10pm to see if she wanted to watch the
late movie THEN the accident wouldn't have happened - so she found a way to make it her fault her friend died.
To
un-believe that lie is to venture into unknown territory. If a person
has spent their whole life blaming themselves for every poor outcome or
accident in their life and those around them, it looks like hard work
and a lot of pain to reject the lie, though that in itself is a lie. The
Father's assurances of love, forgiveness, and grace seem too good to be
true, so letting go and embracing all that goodness stirs fear of the
unknown.
Receiving revelation from the Father is the foundation
Revelation
from the Father comes from thinking on Him, His Word, His ways, what He
has done in our lives in the past. Getting to know the Father is key.
I
encourage people to go through Paul's letters and where you see 'God'
substitute 'Father' because that is who Paul is writing about. Ephesians
chapters 1-3 in particular are a good place to start. Then spend time
thinking on those truths - in 1:3 it says for instance the Father has
blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies. In 2:6 it
says the Father has seated us in the heavenlies next to Him in Christ.
What
does that mean? What privilege have we been given that spiritually we
are the Father's children, children of light who used to be children of
darkness? Think on these things and soon you find your thoughts drifting
back to childhood, back to where you parents told you that you would
never amount to anything. That you were stupid and dumb and could do
nothing right. Yet the Father loves you, believes in you, likes you.
And suddenly you realize all they said was a lie, or if true then, not now, for you are spiritually
blessed
with every spiritual blessing, and have switched families and blood
lines, you are now a child of Royalty and as soon as you say 'Father',
you are at His throne with a 24/7 open heaven because He has given you
the proof of His Spirit living inside you. You realize you aren't dumb
and stupid after all, you have the mind of Christ.
And
one day the Father directs your memories to a school chalkboard where
you and another student are racing to complete a math problem before the
whole class, and you hated the pressure and felt so stupid because kids
started laughing at your mistakes because they could see your mistakes
as you wrote them...
And
suddenly you realize you aren't stupid, you just don't do well under
pressure, and that is OK...and slowly like untangling a big ball of
string, one tangle at a time, the Father over days, weeks, month or
years, walks you down memory lane, giving revelation to you from His
point of view, showing the lies for what they are, one lie after
another, and you realize one day the momentum has changed inside you,
joy arising as you experience freedom, a smile creases your face more
easily, and my doesn't the sun look bright today...and you are walking
in wholeness.
Peter
had to embrace the unknown, to believe and say out loud something that
had never been said before: You are the Christ, the Son of the Living
God. Will you embrace the revelation like he did, though it feels
strange, is new territory and unfamiliar to you?
Next week, a Bible example of a man who walked it out, and one who didn't...until then, blessings,
John Fenn
cwowi.org and email me at cwowi@aol.com
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