Weekend Meditation--What Are We Feeding Our Spirit?

1 Corinthians 2

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Witness give throughout the Bible:  H5414 nathan--to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up

Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given H5414 you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

The Torah testifies...............
 Exodus 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given H5414 you the sabbath, therefore he giveth H5414 you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

The prophets proclaim..................
 Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made H5414 thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

The writings bear witness...........................
 Joshua 18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given H5414 you?

Proverbs 9:9 Give H5414 instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Cultivate and Feed Your Spirit
Maximizing your potential begins with your decision to accepting the atonement offering of Yeshua HaMashiach--which restored your access to the Most High. Only then can the measure of your

true potential​ be manifest in your spirit. Until you become reconnected with​ The Most High through ​obedience in ​ Yeshua HaMashiach and the presence of His Spirit in​ your heart, you are spiritually dead, and the potential of your spirit​ is unavailable to you. Then your mind can only be controlled by​ what you receive through your senses and your mind.

Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set​ on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with​ the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind​ of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life​ and peace (Romans 8:5-6).

The secret wisdom of The Most High concerning your potential (see​ ​1 Corinthians 2:7-11) cannot influence your life if His Spirit is not​ present in your heart because only The Most High’s Spirit knows and understands The Most High’s plans and purposes for you. These were written long​ before your birth. They contain the information you need to live to​ the fullest and to achieve everything you were sent to do. Attaining​ your maximum potential is impossible if you do not cultivate and​ feed your spirit by hooking yourself up to The Most High and abiding in Him.​ (See John 15:1-8.)

Cultivating and feeding your potential is a second key to maximizing your potential. As you pay attention to the fertilizer you​ give your body, soul, and spirit, and the work you do to keep them healthy by the Manufacturer’s specifications, you will be surprised​ and delighted by the many things you can accomplish and the satisfaction and joy in life you will experience. You must cultivate and​ feed your potential according to The Most High’s specifications and with His​ materials.​ Show me your friends,​ and I will show you your future.

Principles

1. The potential to produce fruit does not guarantee either​ fruitfulness or the quality of the fruit.

2. Potential must be worked (cultivated) and fed to produce fruit.

3. Ignorance messes up the next generation because The Most High​ rejects both those who reject knowledge, and their children.

4. The Most High designed the potential of your body, your soul, and​ your spirit to be maximized by specific fertilizers and environments that promote positive growth and development.

5. Cultivate and feed your body by getting the proper​ food, exercise, and rest, by using it with discretion, and by​ preserving and protecting it from pollutants.

6. Cultivate and feed your soul by feeding your mind positive, Godly information, by disciplining your will to discover and live by The Most High’s wisdom and purposes, and by​ governing your emotions with The Most High’s truth.

7. Cultivate and feed your spirit by living from The Most High’s​ secret wisdom dispensed through His Holy Spirit.​​

Share Your Potential
Giving is the greatest evidence of true freedom. It is more productive to give than receive (see Acts 20:35).

Silently the orchestra waited. What would this new masterpiece of their beloved conductor be like? He had promised that it would be different from anything he had ever written. As each player received his part, he looked at it in surprise. Although each score contained some notes, there were many more rests than notes. All assumed the other instruments must have the lead part for the piece.

When they started to play, however, it soon became evident that no one had the lead. The trumpets would play for a few measures, then the trombones, after which the clarinets or the flutes picked up the tune. Although it was true that the parts had some resemblance to each other, no clear melody was evident. The longer the musicians played, the stranger the music became, but they kept playing because it seemed to be what the conductor expected.

After five minutes of each instrument playing a few notes here and there, the conductor laid down his baton and looked at the musicians. “What is wrong?” he asked. “Don’t you like the music?”

Quickly the members of the orchestra looked at each other. What should they say? No, they did not like the piece, for it had none of the beauty and grandeur they had come to expect in the maestro’s music. Rather than hurt their leader’s feelings, they said nothing. Then the maestro started to laugh. “Wait,” he said, “I will be right back.” When he returned, his arms were again filled with music.

Once more he moved through the orchestra, giving each player a score. This time when he lifted his baton, anticipation filled each face. Although the scores still contained rests, they were considerably fewer and they seemed to be at fitting places.

After the orchestra had played for a few minutes, the conductor stopped them and asked, “Do you understand what I have done? If you look at the notes on the two scores, you will notice that they are the same. It is the rests that are different. The first time, one of you played a little, then another, then a third player. You never played together. I did this to show you that each part is important, but it is meaningless without the others. When we all play the right notes at the right time, blending the music and sharing the unique sounds of each instrument, a beautiful melody emerges. Unlike the strange awkwardness of the first score, the second score highlights each

instrument at the appropriate time, with the other instruments playing the supporting chords and the countermelodies. This is the way music is supposed to sound.”

Sharing Maximizes and Fulfills Potential
This blending and support is also the way potential is meant to be used. Even as the beauty of a symphony is minimized when each instrument’s part is played in isolation, so the wealth of our potential is minimized when we do not share it with others Potential is maximized and fulfilled only when it is shared. This sharing of potential is The Most High’s way of bringing to pass His plans and purposes for men and women. Fiveamprayer, we have to remember that the wealth of our potential is minimized when we do not share it with others.

Shema selah we must be well fed on spiritual sustenance and work in concert with the community for His purpose of our potential to be fulfilled!!