Higher Thoughts, Higher Ways, Renewed Strength And A Renewed Mind

Word of the Day
Authored by Wendy Thomas, Co-authored by Brenda Craig

Beloved, do you want supernatural strength and energy? I hope so, for it is what I have already given you and long for you to appropriate. As My child, you are called to walk in the supernatural for your citizenship is in heaven not here on earth. You are no longer of the earth. You are a whole new being…one who is loved and seated with Me already.

Yes, My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts are higher than your thoughts; therefore, you need to learn of Me…need to be with Me in order to know and walk in My way of thinking (Isaiah 55:9). You can only do this by spending time with Me…by renewing your mind. Isn’t that a delightful plan? Not only do we get to enjoy being together but you develop a renewed mind…you are endued with strength from on high at the same time! Two birds with one stone.

Humans in the natural become tired when they walk a long way or when they run; but, with Me, you can both walk and run without becoming tired or weary for I will renew your strength. Ponder some of the meanings of renew. To renew is to extend something past its original state, to begin again, to give someone new energy, strength or enthusiasm, to repair, restore, mend, replenish, regenerate, rekindle, refresh, recharge, or revive (c.f. MSW Encarta Dictionary). Do you need any of these things? Do you need to be replenished, or revived? Do you need new enthusiasm? Selah (stop and think or meditate)

Beloved, have you noticed how when you walk with a friend the distance…the time seems to go much quicker as you talk and enjoy fellowship together? It is the same as when you walk through life sharing with Me along the way all the concerns and joys of your heart. Doing so makes life easier and the difficult times seem to pass much quicker as we talk together, you and me. All the while, you are learning more about Me and having fun at the same time.

Know this with great certainty, I love you and I hate to see you struggle, especially when I have already given you so much…when I have given you all you need for the here and now if only you will avail yourself of it. Turn to Me today in a whole new way and I will turn all your defeats into victories. This should give you great incentive to spend time with Me every day of your life. Will you? I hope so, for I have so much to show you and tell you. I love you so much. I love you with an everlasting love and I want you to share your life with Me. As we walk hand in hand, you will have all you need and be able to appropriate all I have already given you. Come. Give Me your hand and we will walk…we will fly.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:9 Amplified)

O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear, (Psalms 10:17 Amplified)

The Lord is my Strength and my [impenetrable] Shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him. (Psalms 28:7 Amplified)

They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion. (Psalms 84:7 Amplified)

Prayer

Father, please teach me what it means to be a citizen of heaven and to live a supernatural lifestyle regardless of what I face or experience. Open the eyes of my heart to see how You have already positioned me and placed Your own thoughts within me. The Word says I have the thoughts and intents of the Lord’s heart. Therefore, today I ask and pray for Your thoughts to come to the surface of my thinking resulting in my mouth speaking words that are acceptable in Your sight.

Please teach me how to be Your child and learn of You, my heavenly Father, in intimate and profoundly life changing ways. Help me to turn to You for everything and not my own wisdom as you liberally supply all my needs. Help me to take every thought captive and to let You renew my mind with the power of Your Word as I eat it. When I do this, Your thoughts become my thoughts and I do not sin against you or others. Create in me a clean heart desirous of Your Word every day…every moment. May I hear what You are saying to me through Your Word as it speaks louder than things of the world or my own thinking.

I declare to you, Lord, that I am one who delights in spending time with You. I am one who walks with you not as a servant but as a friend…a friend You chose first. In Your Presence, I am revived, refreshed, strengthened and made new on a moment by moment basis. I am Yours and You are mine. I hold out my hand and take Yours. I hold out my hand and I walk with You. I fly with You. All is well. Amen.

Reflect and Journal

1. What practical things can you do to walk more in the supernatural than the natural in your everyday life?
2. Take time to reflect on an encouraging Word the Lord has given you…a thought of His He has spoken to you. Write the Word down on paper and then write the opposing things the enemy has tried to persuade you of instead. Recognize the enemy’s words as lies and renounce them. Repent for believing them and walking in them. Replace the lie with the encouraging Word. This is one way of walking in the higher thoughts and words of Father.
3. Do you spend every day of your life walking with God the way you want to? Most don’t and the enemy uses this to separate us from Father who loves us regardless. Do not walk in condemnation for the Lord does not condemn you. Instead, turn your frustration into desire…see it as a clarion call to press in more realizing His love for you does not change based on the amount of time you spend. Doing this will free you to spend more time and do so without doing it out of obligation or duty. You will be able to turn frustration into desire by choosing to let go of any self-condemnation in this area and any others.
4. Pick one of the words for renew and look it up in the dictionary to get a deeper insight in its meaning. Pick the one the Holy Spirit highlights to you in some way. Is it refreshment, strength, revive, or any of the other choices. Find the meanings and declare them over yourself. You can say, “Revive Me Lord.” However, if you do, go then to thanksgiving and confession by saying, “I am revived, refreshed and renewed in the Lord.” Keep saying it till you get it and continue on to another declaration of faith.