The pieces I write are written to give you a new perspective on life. Written to spur your thoughts on, to let your mind travel places. So I now reflect on the piece titled, ‘Your Crown.’ What I write here are the thoughts that are spurred on by the poem. You have yours as well.
‘Your Crown‘ is a piece written to give you a realization of who you are, of whose you are, of what you carry and of where you stand.https://wordsofblessed.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/your-crown/
Ezekiel 16:11-12 from the NIV version [taken out of context] says, “11I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck, 12and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.”
‘Your Crown’ is a piece written for the awakening of your mind. We need to realize the great value that we are, the greater value and the greater faith in which we hold on to.
Who You Are
You are fearfully and wonderfully made(Psalm 139:14). You were made with a great price and thereafter redeemed with an even greater price. These prices are unimaginable and unquantifiable. The great ‘I Am’ decided that He wanted you, and that you are worth it all(everything).
You are created in the image of God(Genesis 1:27). You are God-breathed and you have the quality of resembling who he is and what He has created you to be. You were created individually, you were created with only you in mind. You are unique, nobody(no one else) is like you.
In this world that God created, to even compare to it, you are a world on your own. No, you are far greater than the world.
Whose You Are
Roman’s 8:9 says, “You are not your own.” So whose are you?”
It continues to say that we are spiritual beings, and live a spiritual life. Put another way, we are Spiritual Beings having a Human experience. So we are Spiritual Beings because we have the Spirit of God within us and we belong to God for this reason.
So we belong to God. We are His Creation, He is our Creator. We have the Spirit of God within us and we ourselves are Spiritual Beings. If we are Spiritual Being, therefore our very nature is of the Spiritual, meaning to exist in the Spirit. Thereby in everything that we do and everything that we see, we should have a Spiritual Mindset over and above the Natural Mindset. We must take hold of the battle in the Spirit.
What You Carry
You are a soldier. So a soldier needs to carry their armour for battle. So the truth is that you are always in battle.
Ephesians 6 depicts to us the Armour of God
vs 14 – Belt of Truth; Breastplate of Righteousness
vs 15 – Shoes of the Gospel of Peace
vs 16 – Shield of Faith
vs 17 – Helmet of Salvation; Sword of the Spirit
vs 18 – Words of Prayer and Petition
You gotta get up every day and arm yourself
(vs 14) You have to live a life that is true. You must be true to yourself, true to those around you and most importantly true to God. Have ‘Personal Integrity,’ and ‘Moral Courage’. Take hold of the Belt of Truth. Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” So live in Righteousness, live with an ‘Upright Heart’. Take the Breastplate of Righteousness and let it guard your heart.
(vs 15) The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace. The Gospel is an account of the life that Jesus Christ lived, His career, His teaching, His livelihood and so much more. All drawn out in such great detail. The Gospel gives us a taste of Jesus life. The depiction of shoes is very key in that we are to walk as Jesus did, as in…in Jesus shoes.
(vs 16) The Shield of Faith. Hebrew 11:1 from the King James Version says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Now the shield is a symbol of defence against attacks of the enemy. To defend yourself well, you have got to arm yourself well with a strong shield. Matthew 17:20 from the Amplified version says, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.”
(vs 17) The Helmet of Salvation. So Salvation is defined as the ‘prevention or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss.’ Romans 10:9 from the Amplified version says, “because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” So a Helmet and Salvation are symbols of protection of one’s self from harm, ruin, or loss, where Salvation being the protection achieved by one’s words and belief in the heart. The Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the word of God is living and active and full of power. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and the spirit, and of both joints and marrow, exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.” This is the power that lies within the words that we speak, which is the Word of God.
(vs 18) The Words of Prayer and Petition. This confirms the notion of Living in the Spirit. These are requests and appeals made to the Great ‘I Am.’ These can be made from the stance of one’s self, or from the stance of somebody else (or for a group of people), by you.
So Ephesians 6:12 says,
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers,
against the powers,
against the world forces of this darkness,
against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the Heavenly(Supernatural) places.”
Where You Stand
When one makes this statement, many thoughts come to mind. Thoughts that resemble the comparing of one’s self to other people. But we were fearfully and wonderfully made(Psalm 139:19) and we were created with only us(me or you), as an individual, in mind. So if we are to be comparing ourselves to other people (of which we can’t or shouldn’t because we are different people), Who then are we to compare ourselves to?
I guess the simple answer here would be ourselves. We should compare one’s self with one’s self because we’d be robbing ourselves from what we were personally created to be once we compare one’s self with other people. So how can this possibly be achieved?
You are a being on your own. You were created in vast amounts of details and were expansively thought through. So you have your own thoughts, your own dreams, your own desires and your own aspirations in life. So who else are you to compare yourself to then who you think yourself to be or whom the Lord had predestined you to be. You are a world on your own.
In conclusion, I can draw this, that there’s much detail to life, and even more
to life itself, so I challenge you to get to know who you are, whose you are,
what you carry and of where you stand.
Because you are a formidable force to be reckoned with,
for the one within you is far greater than the one who is in this world.