Genesis chapter 1
Today we are walking in: DISCIPLINE, CREATION, AND DAILY SHARPENING
1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind H3824: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
MIND
Today we look to the word-MIND-H3824 lebab--mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
The Torah testifies...............
Genesis 23:8
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind H3824 that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Leviticus 24:12
And they put him in ward, that the mind H3824 of the LORD might be shewed them.
Numbers 16:28
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind H3824.
The prophets proclaim..................
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind H3824 is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Ezekiel 11:5
And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind H3824, every one of them.
Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his mind H3824 change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
The writings bear witness..........................
1 Chronicles 22:7
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind H3824 to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
Lamentations 3:21
This I recall to my mind H3824, therefore have I hope.
Job 34:33
Should it be according to thy mind H3824? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
DISCIPLINE, CREATION, AND DAILY SHARPENING
The battlefield of the mind is filled with enemies insecurity, distraction, doubt comparison procrastination these aren’t just bad habits. They are mental assassins and they don’t come loudly. They come silently dressed in comfort inconvenience in the approval of others they seduce you into staying average they whisper just stay safe don’t push too hard. Don’t stand out. Don’t dream too big and if you’re not mentally alert, you listen and slowly your ambition dies in a quiet moment! you must train your mind like an athlete trains their body repetition, discipline pressure. It won’t feel good but you’re not training for comfort. You’re training for battle because life doesn’t ask you if you’re ready! it throws challenges at you whether you like it or not, and if your mind isn’t sharp, you’ll break where others bend! think about the moments when you gave up on something not because it was impossible, but because your mind told you, it was that voice that said this is too hard or I don’t have what it takes that wasn’t true. That was an untrained mind trying to protect you from growth, but growth and comfort do not coexist. Your mind. Will always choose comfort unless you train it to choose progress. The mind is where all greatness begins before a business is built before a book is written before a legacy is born. It was first constructed in someone’s mind, sharpen it. Feed it challenge it because you don’t rise by chance you rise by thought you rise by belief, you rise by preparing for battles that haven’t even arrived yet don’t let your mind be a playground for doubt let it be a weapon, silent, steady, and deadly to anything that tries to stop your potential because when your mind is trained, you stop being shaken by small things you stop second-guessing yourself you move with clarity and people begin to notice something different and you not louder but stronger not prouder but more powerful …
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