Adopt a supernatural mindset
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The Christian life is meant to be lived on a supernatural plane, using the power of God within us. The Apostle Paul lists 9 gifts of the spirit in 1 Corinthians 12, but there are many more gifts that can be used in the church, including counseling, leadership, finance, and science. To access these gifts, we must have a supernatural mentality and dedicate our talents to God. Daniel is an example of someone who had a passion for God and did not compromise his faith, even when it came to his diet. We must consecrate ourselves to the Lord and honor Him with our dedication in order to fully manifest His gifts in our lives.
The story of Daniel and his friends in Babylon teaches us about the power of faith and dedication to God. Daniel and his friends refused to eat the king's food and instead ate only vegetables and water, but they made a deal to only do so for a number of days and if they were not healthy at the end, they would stop. Because of their faith in God, they believed that what they ate would do them more good than anything else. This is the same principle behind the tithe and living in faith - everything we do with God is multiplied and rendered more powerful.
Daniel's faith and dedication to God paid off as he was given knowledge and intelligence in all areas and was found to be ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers in the kingdom. This is because when God gives, he gives with a vengeance and his gifts have a depth and intensity that cannot be matched by anything else.
We should strive to live our lives at the same level of dedication and faith as Daniel did, always offering our gifts and life to the Lord and trusting in him to bless us and enrich our lives. When we live our lives this way, we allow the spirit of God to flow through us with its nutrients and make everything we do more powerful and impactful. We should dedicate our gifts to the Lord and use them to bring glory to him in every aspect of our lives.
The story of Daniel and his friends in Babylon teaches us about the power of faith and dedication to God. Daniel and his friends refused to eat the king's food and instead ate only vegetables and water, but they made a deal to only do so for a number of days and if they were not healthy at the end, they would stop. Because of their faith in God, they believed that what they ate would do them more good than anything else. This is the same principle behind the tithe and living in faith - everything we do with God is multiplied and rendered more powerful.
Daniel's faith and dedication to God paid off as he was given knowledge and intelligence in all areas and was found to be ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers in the kingdom. This is because when God gives, he gives with a vengeance and his gifts have a depth and intensity that cannot be matched by anything else.
We should strive to live our lives at the same level of dedication and faith as Daniel did, always offering our gifts and life to the Lord and trusting in him to bless us and enrich our lives. When we live our lives this way, we allow the spirit of God to flow through us with its nutrients and make everything we do more powerful and impactful. We should dedicate our gifts to the Lord and use them to bring glory to him in every aspect of our lives.
As you know we have been meditating on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and we have been basing ourselves on the Epistle to the Corinthians, on the first epistle in Chapter 12 and we have been taking a tour and the general context is the context of life full of the Holy Spirit, the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church, and how we are called as children of God, servants of the Lord to move in the gifts of the spirit, to live the Christian life in the supernatural plane.
But, again many Christians enter the Gospel and receive the Lord Jesus, we begin to attend church, we even take Sunday school classes and many other things, but we never wake up to the understanding the fact that the Christian life has to be life on a plane different from the natural plane, that we are eternal beings, that we carry within us the very presence of God and that this presence of God, that presence of the Holy Spirit that moves within us is the life of God with all its power and all its potentiality and all its ability to address any situation that life may present us, any challenge and that we, as children of God, are called to become aware of that fact, that we have to live life using the energy that God has put within us. The Christian life is a life of power.
But, again many Christians enter the Gospel and receive the Lord Jesus, we begin to attend church, we even take Sunday school classes and many other things, but we never wake up to the understanding the fact that the Christian life has to be life on a plane different from the natural plane, that we are eternal beings, that we carry within us the very presence of God and that this presence of God, that presence of the Holy Spirit that moves within us is the life of God with all its power and all its potentiality and all its ability to address any situation that life may present us, any challenge and that we, as children of God, are called to become aware of that fact, that we have to live life using the energy that God has put within us. The Christian life is a life of power.
