The Soul and How It Affects Our Lives Part III

  Let's continue with part III of our teaching on "The Soul and How It Affects Our Lives" and talk about verse 24 of James chapter 1.

     Verse 24:  For he beholdeth himself,and goeth his way, and straight-way forgetteth what manner of man he was.

     So we see ourselves with clarity and realize who we really are because the word of God has exposed and shined the light of truth on those flawed areas in our lives. As long as we continue looking into the Word of God we have a check and balance process going on but if we lay it down we soon forget who we really are and the picture becomes distorted. 

          Verse 25:  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the word, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

     The word looketh in verse 25 means:  To bend over for a better look and look into.

     And we look into what?  The perfect law of liberty which is the new covenant through Jesus that brings us perfect liberty and healing of the Soul as Psalms 19:7a says:

          Psalms 19:7a  The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the Soul.

     The perfect law of the Lord is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus who has set us free by transforming our old nature and is continuing to change our character through the truth of God's word as John 8:31 & 32 tells us:

          Verse 31:  If you abide(stay, take up residence) in my word, then you are truely disciples of Mine.
          Verse 32:  And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.

     In order for us to walk in the truth, we must first know what that truth is.  If we look up the simple word "truth" this is what it means:  Unconcealed.

     So walking in the "truth" means that sometimes you have to uncover things and they could be things that you don't want to uncover or maybe never realized there were things that needed to be uncovered in your Heart and Soul.  But it's not until you allow the Word of God to reveal and uncover those things, deal with them, become open, transparent and honest with yourself and God are you going to walk in truth, liberty and freedom in your Heart and Soul.

     Beloved walking in, depression, oppression, anger, bitterness, resentment and  unforgiveness is allowing strongholds and bondage's to keep you captive and walking in darkness.  If you are walking in any of these area's then you're not walking in freedom and truth and your Soul is not prospering.

     We need to remember that we have a Soul, and we are responsible for what we do with that Soul.  We can know the truth, walk in it and be prosperous or we can live a lie, stay in our bondage's and live with our strongholds and miss the freedom God has ordained for us to walk in.

     God is giving us a choice as Deuteronomy 30:15, 16 & 19 tells us:

          Verse 15:  See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity;
          Verse 16:  In that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandment's and His statutes and His judgements, that you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.
         Verse 19:  I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursing:  Therefore choose life, that both thou and they seed may live.

     Hear what the Spirit is saying and see through the eyes of the Spirit.  Let Him show you in His word so you can perceive the truth, know the truth and enter into that truth that will bring life, healing and prosperity to your Soul. 

Blessings,

Elma Garlock