El Salvador Mission Report - Day 9, Delon
Aug 21, 2010Today was an incredible day. I was given the task of directing the mornining devotional. My topic was being brainwashed by meditation. The main point was that after we see that God is perfect by testing his word, we must get to a point where we follow him completely. We must allow his law to be completely seen in our lives. The way we do this is by allowing him to brainwash us. David said in Psalms 1 “For in his law doth he meditate day and night.” By meditating on God’s word day and night, we allow our brains to undergo a transformation that is orchestrated by the Holy Spirit. The term brainwash in this sense therefore does not imply that God forces us to believe anything. Instead it refers to the ability of God to cleanse our brain of ignorance after we give it to him by choice. When we give God our brain by meditation of his word, conviction to do right will occur as the holy Spirit reconfigures us. Responding to God’s unfailing grace therefore becomes easier. God is grand!!
Devotion was not the only incredible thing that happened today. God used the night’s message to create a major change in my understanding of the law, sin, justification, and grace. I won’t go into detail about this enlightenment. All I will say is thank God that we are under grace. Can you believe that just a few weeks ago, I asked Greg Shaffer what grace was? This was because the Holy Spirit brought to my attention that the definition of grace was one of the furthest things from my mind. Even though this subject is a part of our basic adventist doctrine, God revealed it to me today in a marvellous way for the first time. During Preperation for today’s sermon, the Holy spirit lead me to see that grace is when we are pardoned when punishment is what we truly deserved. The law says that death is the penalty for all the sin we ever commited. The Grace of God steps in and allows us to recieve not just life, but life everlasting through Jesus Christ. God is grand.
Today’s revelation made clearer just how much I am responsible for following God’s law after he has given me grace. God pardoned me even though he hated my actions. The least I can do now is follow him in the best way possible. I don’t believe that I fully understand God’s grace, justification, sin, the law and the other components of salvation. However, today God started me on a new path towards fully understanding these concepts. Truly, There is only one God that is Grand!
- Delon Lawrence
Day 9
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