Hacking Your Mind by David Roberts

Hacking Your Mind by: David Roberts
The dynamic every human faces, our cross.

Hacking your mind?

For as long as I can remember attending church services, as a child, the message was about a future coming of Jesus. This greatly excited me, but always felt as though it depersonalized relationship with God. Wasn’t the point of having a relationship with the Son of God, we have access to the Father and He to us? As we embrace His Will and His Way, our experience becomes synchronized with His. In this moment, we recognize God and man are not having separate experiences, but One.

Are you aware those filled with the Spirit of God, are perceived as having our minds hacked, by those walking to the beat of the world’s drummer? We know otherwise, realizing we were transformed by the renewing of our minds, but now we are free, no longer being conformed to the world’s ways.

It’s actually a brilliant chess move on the ego’s part and I applaud it for it’s efforts, but as usual, it is always moving in shadows, a few steps behind. There are elaborate narratives that by default, have filled our minds, which can only be changed by the grace of Christ through faith, which accepts His Kingdom coming in our earthen vessels (and by extension, our world). God set us to be a peculiar people. The alternative is only a future hope.

Every moment of every day, including our wonderful ministry opportunities must be filtered through this light. There are no shortcuts; any other attempted entry comes from the accuser of the brethren, powered by satan, the ruler of earth. Since earth has no ability to see eternally, our earthen vessels don’t understand it’s being played like pawns in God’s purpose and design, fulfilling His original intention to reveal eternity in us. Whether our earthen vessel is ruled by satan or not is a choice you and I make, as we respond to the Spirit.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Eph 2:8-9 KJV

We were created with and for God’s Purpose and not to simply hide among the masses, although there are seasons we may find ourselves in hiding. Watching the news lately, this may be one of those times it’s more wise to hide instead of engage. Many times we see Jesus moving through a crowd; the connotation is that He went unnoticed, before it was His time. More than a few times we’ve discussed our purpose but do we comprehend what our purpose really is? Do we understand what His Kingdom coming in earth looks like? Are we aware His appearing may not happen simultaneously with His appearing in our neighbor?

Activists come in many forms. To be frank, the start of religious wars are started when well meaning people take the treasure in us, and force it on others. This is what the world offers, a social score, much like we have credit scores. A good score and you’ll be able to associate with people who will get your base needs of self discovery met. If you have friends who aren’t playing along, you’ll find yourself distancing them from yourself because it’s dragging your score down.

When everything is measured in what seems right, it bursts everyone’s wine skins (individually and corporately).

There is only One economy of God, and it’s governed by Love. It’s eternal and not limited by performance or legal activation, except faith in the Grace of Christ. It doesn’t seek outer change primarily because it’s a by-product of inner change.

The former ways of our world reject inner change as a solution.

It’s understandable why we all desire change. We all desire things change but there are our ways and there are God’s ways, and in each moment we decide which path we’ll walk, based on our obedience to Spirit.

As I sat down to write this article, I stumbled across a great lyric, by Bishop Paul Morton, “Lord, whatever you’re doing, in this season, don’t do it without me.” I’m hopeful that as you read these words, we’re encouraged and able to honestly speak with One Voice, “Whatever you’re doing Lord, in this season, don’t do it without me. Count me in, Lord!”

Since we’re unable to escape living in the world, we ALL have to deal with our earthen vessels, as well as our neighbors’. Attempting to fight these battles in the flesh will make us grow weary. Through reasoning with God, His Light guides our steps, both individually and corporately. It’s important to note that we often misunderstand people when they have outbursts and tantrums. Like any child, it’s really quite normal to become frustrated when things aren’t working out, when words to express ourselves aren’t evident. Often, these symptoms simply indicate someone is wrestling with God, much like Jacob. If we remember, Jacob found the place where heaven and earth connect, the ladder or portal (Genesis 28). Many of the individuals we’re writing off are near the point of great freedom, yet our activism and social score cause us to discount anyone who doesn’t fit the narrative of our perspective.

We’re entering a great moment of harvest!

God is righteous, all by Himself; He isn’t righteous because His performance was graded as acceptable or not, judging superficially. Whatever He does is perfect. He is all, by Himself… His goodness is revealed to His world by His offspring.

Can we wait for His appearing only a short while? When He seems delayed, don’t forget your neighbor has another perspective and another appearing, possibly with a divine appointment for God to appear through you. God’s goodness never force feeds, what we believe to be His perspective.

Without the manifesting of the goodness of God, a vacuum is present in our world, and vacuums are always filled by what we esteem most highly, what seems right. There are no profitable shortcuts so the consequences of what we esteem most highly, are always made known during tests. Under certain loads, steel will break, giving it’s rated tensile strength, as how much pressure it can take without breaking. Taking on the name of Jesus carries with it a rating of tensile strength. All too often, we’ve been trained to live behind masks, pretending to trust Him, but His tests reveal if we’re honest and truthful.

Antichrists, or pseudo-prophets, attempt filling voids left when we hide behind masks. They operate in shadows. Maybe I’m being a little harsh but I’m saying nothing less than Jesus, when He discussed this topic. Where Christ’s consciousness is absent, men are full of guile and manifest from their father the devil, who rules carnality (or the dust/earth). Possibly the greatest tragedy of the modern church is the message of future eternal life, separated from present eternal life. Unless I’m mistaken, the definition of eternal means ‘without measurement of time’. Since we live ‘in time’, we’re often left wondering what are we to do? Every good manager hires employees that will honor the architectural design of the building, the purpose of the business they do. God’s business is reconciliation.

Our only Godly righteousness comes by faith in His grace.

• When a champion of “self” righteousness dies, they are honored and mourned by the world; their lives and accomplishments are celebrated.
• When a champion of Christ’s righteousness dies, the world celebrates their death, possibly even causing it. Their life is seen as backwards and they are happy to be rid of them.

Every chain has been broken and we are set free; but knowing this in our heads and experiencing this reality are not automatically symbiotic. We can say the veil between God and man has been removed, and thankfully this is true, but is the lense we use to view God, the world, self, and each other clean? Being clean is a matter of faith in simple accounting, where we reckon the old perspectives as not having power over us. Instead of going along with the world’s reasoning, we gain the mind of Christ, giving the illusion we’ve had our minds hacked.

Our individual lenses are still in place and they’re in place with purpose. Only Love sees beyond perspectives. Unless we’re aware, we will judge our neighbors based on our perspective, causing us to build on shifting sand, instead of God’s proceeding Word.

“For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Heb 4:12 amp

To have individual perspectives is a gift and great opportunity from a God. The coming of God’s Will and Way into our world requires something move. The thing that moves is the object of our faith; we are either trusting in our perspective or His perspective.

“A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life], But the LORD directs his steps and establishes them.” Pro 16:9 amp

His eyesight is perfect but our vision may be like looking through dirty windows, so it’s really a simple decision, complicated by the distractions of living in this world. The remedy for this problem is a surgical procedure, removing and replacing the dirty lenses (much like cataract surgery). Although, in His surgery it’s our inner sight that’s changed, giving us new lenses to view His world, our world. Depending on the depth of cut needed, we may receive anesthesia initially. As His Sword cuts, we’ll experience a whirlwind of God’s rapture and it might last for days or even years. Afterward, we look around, in awe of what’s transpired, wondering why things aren’t like they used to be. This is where most find an exit on The Highway of Truth, to build their home and establish a colony; but there’s so much more and there won’t always be anesthesia.

At times we’ve been less than honest about who crucified Jesus and who mourned His death. If you’ll remember, He grew in stature with men, drawing large crowds. Next, we see Him with smaller and smaller crowds, with many leaving, saying, “your sayings are too hard”. In the end, He had a handful of ordinary people and among them are three, who were closest to Him. One of those(Peter) denied Him. What kind of Love leads Him to lay down His life and what kind of Love willingly obeys? This is tremendously powerful to understand what kind of Love we’re claiming lives within us and orders our steps.

Naturally, having great experiences gives us a desire for the world to come to understand the great Hope we’ve experienced. We either return to our old perspective or we trust His perspective, to fulfill this desire. Returning to our old perspective, we inaccurately believe we’re moving forward; finding an exit on the Highway of Truth, to “build for God”. Placing new wine in an old wine skin will burst the vessels, ruining the wine and the vessels. Sadly, this happens far more than we might believe.

Alternately, as we move forward in His perspective, we proceed as living tabernacles, as He intended.

To move forward, we acknowledge our earthen vision is blurred vision while we have His perfect vision, by faith in God through Grace alone.

• Through blurred vision we view ourselves and others as works in progress.
• Through perfect vision we see perfectly as God sees.
• Through blurred vision we know in part, in fragments.
• Through perfect vision we see God when we look in the mirror so we see the world as He sees and we accept His reconciliation plan, to His/our world.

In Christ, we know Faith, Hope and Love remain. Of these, LOVE is the greatest. Somehow, amidst the temptations of the world through focusing on appearances, we may have forgetten the greatest thing, the substance (nature) of Christ, which is Love.

“And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Cor 13:13 amp

Simple yes or no answers will be viewed as hostile and unsatisfactory, deeming you like Jesus, a traitor to whatever their cause happens to be.

Christ’s answer is compassion, along with revelation on what they’re really longing to see. The pressure isn’t simply from the world; it’s God using the world as a pawn, to bring His plans to fruition. The trials presented as pressure from the world were meant by our enemy to destroy, but God uses the same fire to purge impurities from us, creating noble vessels. God uses what the enemy meant for harm to infuse the Spirit of God, from the inside out, as Christ is formed in us.

Recently, I heard a story where a hundred or so red ants and an equal number of black ants, were collected and placed in a jar. They cohabitated fine, until the jar was shaken violently, and then poured onto the ground. The ants attacked one another, believing the other color ants were their enemy. The red ants believed the black ants attacked and the black ants believed the red ants attacked. They fought until eventually all were dead. Maybe, they should consider an outside force shook the jar. Maybe we should consider our world is being shaken by God, and consider why. You’ll be required to take a stand for the red or black ants but if your identity is set in Christ, how you respond will not be out of anger. You may favor the red or black but you’ll not allow it to come between the purpose of what’s being revealed in the shaking.

The New Testament records a parable from Jesus, written in the 20th chapter of Matthew. We typically know this story as The Laborers in the Vineyard. In the morning, workers were hired to work in the field, agreeing on a day’s wage. A little later, more were hired, and so on, until the eleventh hour. When it came time to pay the workers, the ones who had the first enlightenment were angry at the owner, who paid the ones hired last, the same. If you ask me, we’re often not nearly as enlightened as our appearance attempts to express. To move forward, remain as the last ones hired. We have the option of seeing ourselves as fresh hires, each day. The instinct to lord over those not hired and those who’ve serve less time reveals a lot about our inner heart. The last is first and the first is last.

“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and walked wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and arms, and someone else will dress you, and carry you where you do not wish to go.” John 21:18 amp

Will you say with me, “Whatever you’re doing Lord, in this season, don’t do it without me. Count me in, Lord!”

David Roberts is an apostle and ministry son of Dr. Mark Hanby. He serves as Executive Director of Restoration House Ministries- You may contact him through his website: http://restorationhouse.com/contact-us