Norm

Last Sunday, the sermon was about 2 tracks that Christians live on. One is feeling God's presense. The other is understanding God's words through the Bible. The pastor preached on living on both at the same time.

In a nutshell, he talked about living according to Heaven's norm and not earth's norm. Earth's norm is to feel, think then act. Heaven's norm is to Think about what needs to be done to fulfill God's plans in our lives, Act on it and then Feel God's presense. In other words, think more than we feel. A good verse is Romans 12:2 which says

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's
will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Basically, it means we should constantly renew our minds so we do not get stuck in a mindset. For when it does, we are not open to new ideas and new understandings about God's will.

What was really life changing that the pastor said prophesies do not redirect our lives, it refocuses us onto God's plans for us. Also, he said God does not have a detail plan. He does not plan what we should wear or which transport we should take in order to do what He has asked us to do. I think that's something worth remembering.

So, lessons for life: Keep my mindset on Heaven's norm, live according to what I believe is God's plans for me until God tells me otherwise, but do not forget to seek His presense everyday.