In order to live in the new, we
need to reprogram our minds. Our minds should be renewed by
allowing only godly thoughts to enter and, in turn, restricting the
enemy's wrong thinking. If only godly thoughts are allowed to enter
in, it will build us up and help us to live supernaturally, above
the calamities of this world. One of the secrets to help us do that
is to retrain our minds by being in the present moment.
Live in the here and now. It is a
very important principle and one that the Bible clearly talks
about. If we live for the now, and if we are present in the moment,
we are connected to God Who is the great "I AM." If we are
conscious in the moment, we can connect on a much deeper level to
the wondrous great and powerful I AM. If our minds are not
cluttered with irrelevant thoughts concerning the past or the
future, we are free to focus on Him. Notice that God is not the
great "I was" or "I will be" because God is outside of time. He
lives in eternity, and in the new creation there is no time. There
is no sun or moon in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:23) to
indicate time because God is there illuminating it all, and He is
timeless, eternal. There will be no clocks, no rushing to and fro,
and no deadlines to meet. There will only be the present moment,
the present moment to be beheld and enjoyed.
If you think about it, it is true
for all of us already. Christians are part of the Body of Christ,
Who dwells in eternity, and therefore we already have eternal life
(John 11:26). As a result, the present moment is all we really
have. The past is gone, the future is still a mystery, and to dwell
in either will cause us endless misery. Now is all that is
important, and if we learn to appreciate the present moment and
learn to enjoy it for what it is, we will feel the connectedness
with the new creation so much more intensely, and we will start to
learn to breathe it in. We will learn to live above life's troubles
and to focus our energy on what is truly important.
Buddhists and spiritualists have
learned the secret to be in the present moment through meditation.
Therefore, they are experiencing the power of being in the present
moment even though they are not born again. Of course, they don't
have the full revelation of what it truly means, like we do now,
but they have grasped an understanding of something that few
Christians have. That is why they seem more peaceful and relaxed
than most Christians do. They have learned the secret most
Christians are striving to find.
(Excerpt from The Second
Creation - Ilze Henderson)