{"id":5054,"date":"2024-09-28T19:07:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T19:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2024-09-28T19:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T19:07:14","slug":"your-thought-are-not-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/september\/your-thought-are-not-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Your thought are not mine."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Figuring God out<\/h2>\n

Our thoughts are formed from our conscience and subconscious thinking, which are parts of the thinking process. We use 15 main thought processes to come up with conclusions. Some of the thought processes we use include Associative thinking which says that we see how some things connect to others.  Then, there is Abductive thinking<\/em> which says that we conclude ideas from observations. Lastly, for our purpose of discussion, there is Deductive thinking<\/em>. Deductive thinking deals with, if this then that idea, that if something happens we can expect something else to occur. Our mind can process more than one thing at a time. We connect things and conclude almost simultaneously. Because our mind is so vast we try to have God figured out, but he reminds us that he cannot be figured out. God tells us through Isaiah that his thoughts are not ours and that the distance from heaven and earth is how far are his from ours (Is55:8-9). The only times when we know something about God is when he reveals it to us. The scriptures tell us that only reveals his secrets to his servants (Am3:7).  The things God has prepared for us cannot be known or accessed unless he reveals them to us is what the Apostle Paul reminds us in the Epistle to the Corinthians (1Co2:9-10). <\/p>\n

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Luke 12:40<\/p>\n

40 <\/sup>Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.<\/p>\n

With the idea of the coming of the Son of man, we cannot know either day or the hour. The Deductive thinking of certain things happening before his coming cannot be reached, because it is not been revealed. So the idea that we should get ready only when we are certain of his coming cannot be.  Jesus tells a parable about this rich man’s Associative thinking when he noticed how his land produced a lot of produce. He took down his barns and made new and bigger ones for his crop so that he could live more prosperously and have rest for his soul (Lk12:19-21). His actions followed his thought process as the proverbs say that the way a man thinks is how he is (Pro23:7). His thought process was not parallel to God’s. When he finished rebuilding his barns and filling them with the produce they came for his soul. He thought he knew the outcome of his future but he did not know. Paul tells us that when we think we know something, we don’t (1 Cor 8:2). Rendering our thoughts to his will will have more fulfilling results for us. God’s plans for us are well thought out and have been predetermined (Jer 29:11). The idea of becoming ready for his coming is for the deductive thought process<\/em> that says the this then that will happen, not for concrete thinking. Concrete thinking deals with things that we can see and feel. We need to become as if we were blind, not giving the thought process thread to process for his coming. <\/p>\n

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\u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts,<\/span>
\nneither are your ways my ways,\u201d <\/span><\/span>declares the Lord<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>9 <\/sup>\u201cAs the heavens are higher than the earth, <\/span>s<\/span>o are my ways higher than your ways <\/span><\/span>and my thoughts than your thoughts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Amos 3:7<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Surely the Sovereign Lord<\/span> does nothing<\/span>
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However, as it is written: <\/span>\u201cWhat no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived\u201d the things God has prepared for those who love him 10 <\/sup>these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. <\/span>The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Luke 12:19-21<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

19 <\/sup>And I\u2019ll say to myself, \u201cYou have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.\u201d\u2019 <\/span><\/span>20 <\/sup>\u201cBut God said to him, \u2018You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?\u2019 <\/span><\/span>21 <\/sup>\u201cThis is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Proverbs 23:7<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

for he is the kind of person <\/span>who is always thinking about the cost.<\/span><\/span>\u201cEat and drink,\u201d he says to you, <\/span>but his heart is not with you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 8:2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah 29:11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

11 <\/sup>For I know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the Lord<\/span>, \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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