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Introduction
THE STORY OF SIMEON’S BLESSING IS USUALLY ONE PART OF THE SET OF BEAUTIFUL STORIES OF THE
ADVENT/CHRISTMAS SEASON.
HERE IN VERSES 33-35 OF THE 2nd CHAPTER OF LUKE WE SEE THE CULMINATION OF
SIMEON’S FAITHFUL WAITING.
WE JOIN THE FAITHFUL PRIEST, ALONG WITH JOSEPH, MARY
AND JESUS AT A TIME WHEN WE HEAR THE LANGUAGE OF INNER THOUGHTS EXPRESSED AS
THE ‘THOUGHTS FROM MANY HEARTS’ IN SIMEON’S BLESSING OF THE BABY JESUS.....
THIS BLESSING ASSURES THE NERVOUS PARENTS OF THE BABY JESUS THAT JESUS’ MISSION IS TO BLESS THE
WORLD, THAT JESUS IS THE SALVATION OF THE WORLD — THE RESCUER FROM ENEMIES, THE SOURCE OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SALVATION.
BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS DECLARATION OF SALVATION, SIMEON TURNS TO
MARY AND TELLS HER SALVATION WILL NOT COME EASY.
AND THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM WILL BE THESE
‘THOUGHTS FROM MANY HEARTS’
THE BATTLE GOING ON WITHIN US
BELOVEDS, THERE’S AN OLD CHEROKEE LEGEND THAT SAYS:
THERE ARE 2 WOLVES INSIDE US ALL BATTLING TO SEE WHO WILL TAKE OVER.
ONE IS NEGATIVE — FULL OF
ANGER, ENVY, RESENTMENT, GREED, SORROW, JUDGMENT, INFERIORITY, CRITICISM AND DOUBT.
THE
OTHER WOLF IS GOOD — FULL OF JOY, APPRECIATION, LOVE KINDNESS, EMPATHY, UNDERSTANDING,
CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, AND CLARITY.
THE FIGHT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF YOU, EVEN IF YOU DON’T NOTICE IT. “WHICH WOLF WILL WIN?” —YOU
MAY ASK, AS THE CHEROKEE’S GRANDSON DID.
“THE ONE YOU FEED THE MOST.” - THE WISE GRANDFATHER
SIMPLY REPLIED.
AWARE OF THIS VERY FAMILIAR AND LONG STANDING LEGEND, THE WRITER MARK TWAIN WENT ON TO WRITE:
“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles….
by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can
manage.”
— Mark Twain
ONE OF OUR BIBLE’S GREATEST ENCOURAGEMENTS IN THE AREA OF OUR INNER THOUGHTS COMES TO US FROM
THE WISDOM LITERATURE WE KNOW AND APPRECIATE FOR IT’S SHORT, TO THE POINT VERSES.....IT COMES TO US
FROM PROVERBS 4:23 FROM THE GOOD NEWS TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE WHERE IT READS:
“Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts” (GNT).
IT IS YOUR THOUGHTS, BELOVED, THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR HEART THAT CAN RETAIN MORE THAN JUST WORDS
BUT ALSO IMAGES, SMELLS, EMOTIONS, FEELINGS AND MORE.........
IT IS YOUR THOUGHTS THAT CAN ACCOMPANY YOU, INTO THE STRATOSPHERE OF ALL THAT WILL BE OF COMFORT
TO YOU....ON YOUR HARDEST DAYS AND IN WAYS WE ALL CAN SCARCELY IMAGINE.....
A SOLDIER’S STORY
THE OUTSTANDING AMERICAN METHODIST MISSIONARY TO INDIA DR.
E. STANLEY JONES ONCE TOLD THE
BEAUTIFUL STORY OF A SOLDIER AND HIS MOTHER, AND IT HIGHLIGHTS FOR US THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR INNER
THOUGHTS AND THEIR POWER, EVEN DURING OUR MOST CHALLENGING TIMES, EVEN WHEN OUR BODIES ARE AT
THEIR WEAKEST, EVEN AT TIMES WHEN THE POWER OF THOSE THOUGHTS ARE UNEXPECTED......
THERE WAS ONCE A BADLY WOUNDED SOLDIER WHO WAS UNCONSCIOUS, & CLOSE TO DEATH.
HOSPITAL
OFFICIALS SENT WORD TO THE MOTHER WAITING OUTSIDE THAT NOTHING MORE COULD BE DONE FOR HER
SON.
EVEN THE SLIGHTEST EXCITEMENT MIGHT BRING ABOUT HIS DEATH.
SHE BEGGED TO SIT NEAR HIM, PROMISING NOT TO SPEAK OR MAKE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST NOISE IN THE
ROOM.
WITH BURSTING HEART SHE WAITED BESIDE HIS BED, PLACING HER HAND GENTLY ON HER
UNCONSCIOUS SON’S FOREHEAD.
WITHOUT OPENING HIS EYES, THE YOUNG MAN WHISPERED, “MOTHER,
YOU HAVE COME.”
HE KNEW HIS MOTHER’S SWEET TOUCH…EVEN THOUGH HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS....
HOW TO TREAT OUR INNER THOUGHTS
BELOVEDS, AS WE SEEK FAITHFULLY AND DILIGENTLY TO FEED THAT INNER WOLF WHO IS COMPASSIONATE AND
FULL OF JOY, WHO IS GOOD AND FILLED WITH APPRECIATION....THE ONE WHO CAN HELP US BE OUR BEST AND SEE
US THROUGH THE VERY WORST OF TIMES.....
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AND LEAVE WITH YOU THIS MOTHER’S DAY, THE PICTURE OF THE FAITHFUL PRIEST SIMEON
IN THE TEMPLE WITH BABY JESUS, HIS FATHER JOSEPH & ESPECIALLY WITH HIS MOTHER MARY, SIMEON
WHO WAITED PATIENTLY, FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DELIVER ON IT’S PROMISE TO HIM......IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL
PROMISE THAT MUST HAVE SEARED IT’S WAY ONTO HIS HEART......FOR WE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG HE WAITED,
THE SCRIPTURES TELL US ENOUGH THAT WE KNOW IT WAS A PERIOD OF YEARS, PERHAPS EVEN DECADES
HANGING ON TO THIS POTENT PROMISE:
Luke 2:25–26 (ESV)
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
OUR RECENTLY RETIRED PASTOR FRIEND, THE REVEREND RICK WARREN - THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE PASTOR/
PURPOSE DRIVEN…ALL THINGS PASTOR SUGGESTS A 3 PRONGED APPROACH THAT IS, OF COURSE, A GREAT WAY
TO GO.....WHEN IT COMES TO CORRECTING OUR INNER THOUGHTS, ENHANCING THEM OR SIMPLY CHOOSING THE
RIGHT WOLF…THE GOOD WOLF WITHIN US TO FOLLOW.......WARREN SUGGESTS:
1) THINK ABOUT JESUS — DIRECT OR RE-DIRECT OUR INNER THOUGHTS TO JESUS....
THIS SUGGESTION IMMEDIATELY BRINGS TO MIND THAT WONDERFUL 3rd VERSE OF THE GREAT CHRISTIAN HYMN:
Jesus is all the world to me,
And true to him I'll be;
Oh, how could I this friend deny,
When he's so true to me?
Following him I know I'm right,
He watches o'er me day and night;
Following him by day and night,
He's my friend.
2ndly) THINK ABOUT others.
Everything in the world teaches you to think about yourself and no one else.
But the
Bible tells us that life isn’t about us.
You’ll only know the real meaning of life when you learn to give your life away.
3rdly) Think about eternity.
Life is about more than the here and now.
Too often we have short-term thinking.
Colossians 3:2 says, “Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things” (GW).
You’ve heard people say of others
that they are too heavenly minded to be any earthly good.
That’s not true.
It’s the heaven-minded people who have
done the most good throughout history.
CONCLUSION
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