I don't live there!

I was talking to a friend the other day and she was recounting a conversation she had had with someone else.   She said the other lady had made a really negative comment and so she had replied "Well I don't live in that space!" meaning I'll trust God instead of your opinion. 

I really like that idea. I don't live in that space where the world says "It's flu season".  I don't live in that space where the world says we're in 'Financial crisis!'  I don't live in that space where others say I have to be down, discouraged or floored because of what is going!

The bible tells us that we are in the world John 17:11 (KJV)
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

but that we are not of the world:

John 17:14 (KJV)
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

We live here, but we don't have to 'live in that space' we can live in a space where God's word supersedes the stuff we see around us.   That may sound to you like that's impossible and just not 'normal'.   You're right it's not 'normal' but is should be. Normal Christian living is to live by faith and not by sight!   

I for one want to live in that kind of space!  

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  1. AnonymousMay 10, 2024 at 4:27 AM

    there are principalities that are always trying to take us down..... I say no to every weapon formed against me and fix my eyes on Jesus. Help me Lord!!

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    1. Abi EMay 10, 2024 at 9:30 AM

      But we ARE more than conquerors! Praise the Lord!

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