Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. It’s a new day of a new week and it began at sunrise for me in the presence of the Living God. I was anxious to meet with Him for lots of reasons, but this morning I met with Him after a night of troubling dreams, and since I know that those dreams came out of somewhere within my subconscience mind; this morning we were doing some house cleaning within me. I may not have absolute control over everything in my life, but I do have control over what I allow to take up space in my mind whether I realize those thoughts exist or not. So this morning I gave it to God and I filled me up with Him, His Word and lots of positive thoughts that will assuredly overtake the negative. Isn’t that what you do to grow you too?I have lots of dreams about my family and my future in my waking hours; but I don’t often remember a dream that passes through in my slumber. For me to remember a dream, it has to instill enough emotion within me to wake me up. Once in a while it’s something so odd or so funny that my own laughter will jar me awake. But every once in a LONG while I’ll wake up in tears over whatever I was dreaming about, and that’s what happened to me in the wee hours of this new day. Years ago I had a dream that war was raging over my very soul…the war between Good and evil. I could sense Peace and Protection on one side and I was reaching up to my Savior and calling His name; but there was also darkness and evil on the other side that was so frightening it’s impossible to describe. I didn’t stop reaching for my Life Line for one second, but the evil was threatening to consume me and it was fear and trembling that woke me up that night. I’ll never know if I was given a glimpse of the non-stop Spiritual war that takes place in the heavenly realms that night, OR if it was my own subconscience mind playing out the Choice that we all need to make that will determine our Future. Either way, to the Throne of God I went and I got busy equipping myself to do warfare of my own AND I made sure to “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ”. The condition of my mind has a direct impact on the condition of my heart so, when I see that a little work is needed; I get busy doing my part.
Psalm 16:7 says “I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me” so I’m confident that there is Heavenly business going on when I sleep. I know that the King of Kings is on watch 24/7 and that God NEVER leaves His Throne. I know that we Win the battle against Good and evil and that one day “EVERY knee will bow and EVERY tongue confess that He is Lord”. But I also know that my journey isn’t supposed to be just a walk-in-the-park. It takes work to run this Race if we want to Win. It takes work on the Heart, and work on the mind and an understanding of how the two are tied together. My body may find it’s rest; but my mind never sleeps. So if I want to be sure to stay away from those subconscience thoughts within me that can ruin a perfectly good night’s sleep; I have to do my part to fill me up with Good in every way…every day..
How about you?
My Front Porch 