Reprogramming / Debugging – June 13, 2024 (168/365)

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 10:17

Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

Galatians 3:2-6

Recently I’ve realized the need to increase my overall exposure to the Word: (1) By way of listening to worship, first thing when I wake up in the morning, and (2) just recently, by listening to praise and worship (and I admit, binaural beats) as I work out.

I’ve noticed how there have been certain things that have been so ingrained and integrated into my being, and into my mind by being so exposed to so much of the world. Though I claim to have control over the words I speak and write (as in right now), the nuances in my thoughts, and in my mannerisms continue to reflect a lot.

I mean, sure, I’ve subscribed to the Truth of God’s faithfulness to me, and I’m constantly reminding myself that it’ll be so much better if I approach the appreciation of the goodness of God in awe and wonder, compared to being all religious about it. I’ve taken in the fact and Truth that no matter what happens to me, God is for me, and nothing could ever separate me from Him and His everlasting love – all through Christ and his finished work. I’d like to think that all this reflects in my overall behavior.

I imagine that a very tolerant guardrail for me to see and hear anything that comes into me from this fallen reality has been set up, and it has helped me from being dragged down by circumstances and events in the recent past, up until today. But as of late, again, I’ve realized how there have been things that have stayed in my brain for the longest time, and are still dragging me down up until today – and they may not necessarily be seen or heard from my words, but take one look at how I decide things, or even how I move, and you’ll still see that there are struggles – struggles that I’ve probably gone so complacent in even trying to hide.

My response to this, here and now? There remains a need for us to continue to hear. There remains a need for us to continue hearing the word of God – The Word of Life (or, Christ leading us to Scripture), and the Living Word (or, the Scripture leading us to Christ).

There remains a need for us for faith to come and to keep coming; This same faith which has originally been authored into us through Christ and His finished work.

Finally, there remains a need for us to keep receiving the Spirit, trusting in the One who supplies the Spirit and works miracles among us… by way of faith arising, through hearing the Word of Christ.

With that said I feel a personal need for me to keep on exposing myself to the Word – Whether it be through listening or singing praise and worship songs that have their foundation in Scripture, or through literally reading the Scripture, or meditating on it as I drive, work out, etc.; I feel I need this, if only to purge any erroneous code that still remains in the ‘programming’ of my being.

I just felt I needed to share this before I went any further, with anything else that happens today.

Until the next post, God bless you.

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