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Originally Posted by Igzy
I came to realize that transformation is more about changing the way we think than anything else.
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Amen brutha. Transformation is changing what we think, and the way we think it. I.e. both the contents and the arrangements of our thoughts have been reconfigured.
An interesting point about revelation: it is not a thought, but rather a sight. We see God's will, made tangible ("That which we beheld, which our hands handled..." 1 John 1:1). The Word is not merely a concept, idea or thought, but rather is made flesh before us. Suddenly our eyes are opened and we see something of the divine realm, right before us.
In Daniel 2:23 the prophet declares that God has given him both wisdom and power. Wisdom, to me, is the ability to see God's will. Via wisdom one may apprehend the kingdom of heaven, even here on earth. This changes our thinking. We no longer see the old, temporary, fallen things (In Daniel 2 the statue made of gold, silver, brass, iron, and clay has crumbled and was blown away by the wind), but we see the eternal things (the stone cut not by human hands destroys the statue, and grows and fill the whole earth). This vision, this revelation, changes our thinking.
Then, in addition to wisdom, God gives us power. Power is simply the ability to say, "amen" to God's incarnated Word which we apprehend before us. "I have given you a little power, to obey this Word, and to say "amen" to the Name". (cf Rev 3:8). God has given you a crown; do not let anyone take it away.