The Power of Reflection in the Word of God

In our walk with Jesus Christ, it is crucial that we reflect on ourselves in the light of the revelatory truth of His Word in order to weigh what is in accordance with His Word and what is not.
 
In doing so, where we recognize negative attitudes, ways of thinking, and problems within us, we allow the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of truth, to remove them with His revelatory truth. This is the only way that His righteousness can shine through us (cf. John 16:8.13 i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 4:23-24; Romans 14:17).
 
John 16:8.13:
8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: …
13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
 
1 Corinthians 2:11:
11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
 
Ephesians 4:23-24:
… 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
 
Romans 14:17:
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, …
 
Walking in the Standard of the Word of God
 
Abiding or walking according to the standard of God’s Word carries with it the power of following (note: discipleship) in order to know the truth of God and thereby walk in the freedom of the Spirit (cf. John 8:31-32).
 
John 8:31-32:
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
 
The freedom of the Spirit is based on the order of God’s Word and His peace (cf. 1 Corinthians 14:33a; 2 Corinthians 3:17).
 
1 Corinthians 14:33a:
33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace – …
 
2 Corinthians 3:17:
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
 
Since we are trees of righteousness (note: the life of righteousness in Christ Jesus) whose roots reach out to the flowing waters of His governmental presence, it is of importance to take care that no bitter root grows up in us.
 
From such a bitter root (note: unredeemed past experiences that are not forgiven; hardening of the heart due to disappointment), a wrong view arises that, among other things, causes trouble in many personal relationships that the Father wants to give us for blessing (cf. Psalm 1:1-3; Jeremiah 17:7-8; Revelation 22:1-2 i.c.w. Hebrews 12:15).
 
Psalm 1:1-3:
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.
 
Jeremiah 17:7-8:
7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
 
Revelation 22:1-2:
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
 
Hebrews 12:15:
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
 
As God’s people, we are united by the blood of Christ that flows through us. Jesus Christ is the way that leads to the Father as well as the truth and the life which is why it is essential to live in grace (cf. John 14:6 i.c.w. John 1:14-16).
 
John 14:6:
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
 
John 1:14-16:
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)
16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
 
The Accuser of the Brethren
 
The Adversary is aware of the principle of this divine kind of connection, which is why his goal is to divide Christians in their fellowship with one another.
 
In doing so, he uses misunderstandings, among other things, to awaken a bitter root in the heart of a believer, which he connects to negative experiences from the past and triggers a negative feeling in the believer in the soul realm of the emotions. The purpose of this is that the believer begins to look at his counterpart from a negative point of view and herein blocks the love of Christ.
 
This can even go so far that the hurt or deceived believer abuses this principle in Christ to appear in the power of the soul (note: through the felt emotions) in the spirit realm of the person by whom he felt hurt.
 
In addition, it is possible that it appears in the way that the believer on the other side suddenly receives thoughts and feelings of the person or even dreams to the point that the person appears with his presence in the atmosphere of his counterpart and exerts pressure on the realm of the soul. This is what the Word calls the influence of the accuser of the brethren (cf. Revelation 12:10), who appears before God’s throne to accuse the saints or cause them to accuse one another (cf. Zechariah 3:1-2a).
 
Revelation 12:10:
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.
 
Zechariah 3:1-2a:
1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.
2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! …
 
We should pay attention to how we nourish our lives in righteousness in Christ Jesus and are provided by the Holy Spirit with clarity and truth because it contributes to what fruit we develop in the future (cf. Hosea 10:12; Galatians 6:7).
 
Hosea 10:12:
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.
 
Galatians 6:7:
7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
 
The Intake of the Word of God
 
Therefore, it is necessary that we receive the Word of God that comes from His mouth in our spiritual being and in which we find grace and truth (cf. Matthew 4:4).
 
Matthew 4:4:
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’(cf. Deuteronomy 8:3)”
 
This is not the power of the letter, but the power of the Spirit, because God is Spirit (cf. John 4:24a i.c.w. 2 Corinthians 3:6).
 
John 4:24a:
24a God is spirit, …
 
2 Corinthians 3:6:
6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant – not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
 
When we take the Word of God into ourselves, the result is that we are rightly directed according to spirit, soul, and body in order to be enabled to be known in His glory (cf. Colossians 3:1-4 i.c.w. Hebrews 12:2).
 
Colossians 3:1-4:
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
 
Hebrews 12:2:
… 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
 
Those who rely on their own feelings and thoughts and exalt themselves above others in any form of possible self-pity are not contributing to the unity among saints that serves the Body to work together in submission under the Holy Spirit in doing what the Lord instructs His Body to do for this time.

Therefore, true humility in us is the key to triumph in Christ over the attacks of the enemy within the fellowship of saints as those who always overcome evil with good. For this we have need to seek reflection in the Word of God for power and discernment.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm