God isn't alarmed when we hit rock bottom. He made the rock.
In Yoruba priestess Iyanla Vanzant's book Acts of Faith "Daily Meditations for People of Color she writes "There are times in our lives when we feel there is no way up or out. Illness. Poverty. Confusion. Loneliness. Desperation.
But for far too long, our people, have waited by miserably for something or someone to save Them or rescue us instead of relying on THEMselves to change their condition HERE on Earth.
In other words, our minds are renewed when it is so saturated with the word of God that we think Scripture when decision time arrives, rather than trying to "figure things out for ourselves" by using our wits.
In Yoruba priestess Iyanla Vanzant's book Acts of Faith "Daily Meditations for People of Color she writes "There are times in our lives when we feel there is no way up or out. Illness. Poverty. Confusion. Loneliness. Desperation.
They take us to the place called "rock bottom' In these times you may feel weak and vulnerable, and it is easy to lose faith in your ability to go on. It is exactly in these times that you must turn to the infinite power within yourself.
You must know that the answer is exactly where you are. The strength you need, the answer you want, the solution that will turn the situation around is you. If you can put aside the anger, fear, weakness,and desperation for just a minute you will remember the "other times" you were at the bottom and how in a moment, miraculously, you were lifted up."
Notice, when you read Vanzant''s words that she says that one "must turn to the infinite power within yourself." She did not say look outside of your self for the answer. While some people may have a problem with this, the scripture says it plainly that the "kingdom of heaven is within"
But for far too long, our people, have waited by miserably for something or someone to save Them or rescue us instead of relying on THEMselves to change their condition HERE on Earth.
In the African-American community, gospel music has always been that therapetuic force or bridge that has been used as a healer, a soother, an encourager, and a builder of faith WITHIN US during troubling times.
One of the greatest gospel song ever written and performed entitled Jesus Will Work It Out by Dr.Charles G.Hayes is an excellent example. But we can't pray and sing all day and night, we must go to work in order to accomplish the CHANGE we DESIRE. LET'S NOT PUT EVERYTHING ON JESUS TO SOLVE. AND STOP BLAMING THE SO-CALLED DEVIL FOR OUR SHORTCOMINGS!!
Because in the psychological world, Jesus is simply a form of higher consciousness or the renewing of one's mind to think on a higher level.
A renewed mind, in the Biblical sense, according to Dr. Jay Snell is a mind that is so saturated with Scripture that it thinks Scripture when a crisis hits, rather than relying on wits for a solution to the crisis.
In other words, our minds are renewed when it is so saturated with the word of God that we think Scripture when decision time arrives, rather than trying to "figure things out for ourselves" by using our wits.
For instance, in Rom 12:22, it states: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is good, and acceptable, and perfect, in the will of God. (KJV).
Religion and psychology, despite some arguments by theologians and scholars are married to one another.
For the father of so-called Western psychology, Sigmun Freud divided the human mind into three categories: the (ID), the (EGO) and the (SUPEREGO). The SUPEREGO is equivalent to the Christian's Jesus or God Concept.
For instance, the SUPEREGO is translated into "What I should, ought to and must do"....Remember those "What Would Jesus Bracelets woren by people years ago, it is the same concept mentally developed by the human mind according to Freud.
