For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. - Romans 8:5-8
To set your mind on the things of the flesh is to be carnally minded. The carnal mind is always hostile against what God is doing. It focuses on what is external, visible and temporal. That produces death (v6). Reading the news and hearing doctor's report feed the carnal mind.
To set your mind on the things of the Spirit is to be spiritually minded. The spiritual mind is in complete agreement with what God is doing. It focuses on what is internal, invisible and eternal. Reading the Word feeds the spiritual mind.
Often, however, we let what we see in the external affects what we should see in the internal. That produces death in every area.
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. The opposite is also true. Those who are in the Spirit please God. What does it mean to be in the Spirit? By living by faith (Heb 11:6).
Faith agrees completely with the Word of God. Faith sees the invisible, internal and eternal. Faith stays in the realm of what God is doing.
To live by faith is actually setting your mind in the things of the Spirit. To live by faith is being spiritually minded.
Faith agrees with all that God says you are - your true identity. What you think is not who you are. What God thinks about you is the real you.
Thus, to be spiritually minded is really about living by faith in your true identity. You remain steadfast and immovable in your identity, regardless of the circumstances, even in the face of harsh reality. This is the reason why the Bible says "the just shall live by faith". It produces (zoe) life and (shalom) peace (v6).
When life is released to the body, you get healing. When life is released to the soul, you get deliverance. Hence, healing and deliverance are simply a result of walking by faith in your true identity.
You have insomnia? Live by faith in your identity and it has to leave. You have sickness? Live by faith in your identity and it has to go.
You need deliverance? Live by faith in your identity and you will be delivered.
When you keep living by faith in your identity, LIFE is the only outcome. #identity
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