It is Tuesday, Jan. 11....and I have been missing in action. Actually, I have been "lost in eternity" as I travelled north to visit my grandson and his mother. Out of routine into a world in which time doesn't count is a regular exercise I try to experience once a week to remind me of what dimension I am from. "Eternal life" is the life force of the Steward which was given by the King when one is born again into His Kingdom. Zoe is the Greek word for a life force that is not available in the earth and only comes with receiving Christ into your life. Bios, physical life, and Psychos, soul life, is part of everyone's life on the planet. But Zoe was cut off from the human being when they rebelled against their creator. There is a human spirit, but it is empty of Zoe until Eternal Life, the Christos, Himself comes into that being. Zoe is always translated in the ancient book as eternal life. John 3:16 for instance and through out John, "Life" is Zoe. Zoe is not life after death (although it is included), but the life force within the Lord God. So, the Steward must learn that he/she is an eternal one who exists in time and space as a representative of the King. She operates on the principles of that kingdom and not the carnal, passing-away, kingdom of this earth. This is how Jesus operated in the earth...on the same Word and of the same Spirit that the Steward has been given.
I practice eternal life every time I visit my grandchildren who care nothing about time and so together we are lost in timelessness as we play, work and talk. Sometimes, the mothers impose time on us with meals, etc.... otherwise we do what we want as long as we want until we want to do something else. I practice it on Fridays if I am able. I take the clock and calendar and use my day in a timeless way, moving from one interest to another without speed or guilt having as much time to enjoy what I am doing as I want.
I must go to the Scriptures every morning to focus on the principles of Zoe. Behavior doesn't follow "thinking of the mind" - its reasoning and logic- but the "thinking of the heart." It is in the heart that beliefs are formed and is the underlying motivator of all we do. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" says the Word. When I spend time in the Word, it reinforces the beliefs by which I live and counters the illusions, lies, and tradition which have been lodged there by experience, the world system, by family, etc. The easiest example is my battle with exercise. I know all about exercise, its benefits, how to do it etc., and every year I set about putting my thinking into action. But sooner or later my belief system (thinking in my heart) over-rides and I let it go, because, basically, I believe I don't need to do it to stay in good health. I have asked God to give me a heart for exercise...so far, I haven't wanted to receive it.
Thinking with the mind can bring about changes for a while....but any threat or disappointment and we will automatically bounce back into our old belief systems. We always have evidence for what we believe. Changing our thinking in our mind is easier than changing our belief system of the heart and can bring about good intentions. But, the heart belief , must be reinvigorated with the truth of the unseen realm of heaven to make life eternal changes. The principles of the Kingdom of God is truly how things work eternally and the Steward must learn to operate in these truths in order to serve the King of Glory. Until the Steward releases all of her/his life into the hands of the Eternal One with heart belief, there will be difficulties in the daily decisions and work of the Steward. This takes time because you are changing your "operating system" from this world to the Eternal World, but what an incredibly victorious and enriching life is Zoe.
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