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Dr. Ray Legodi returns to the studio for another impactful segment, joined by Pastor Sipho Paulus and Pastor Jabulani Dominic, as they unpack the topic of "The Carnal Mind." In this thought-provoking discussion, they explore the nature of the carnal mind as enmity against God, and how believers can renew their thinking to walk in the Spirit rather than the flesh. A convicting and edifying conversation for anyone seeking to align their thoughts more fully with God's Word.

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“Confess your faults one to another.” James 5:16 KJV

Admit your shortcomings

It seems that everywhere you turn today, somebody is making an excuse for his or her poor choices, performance, or behaviour, or failing to admit a weakness or shortcoming. Yet we all make mistakes. One of the best examples of admitting a mistake is found in the account of David being unjustly pursued by King Saul. David became a fugitive, and in the process unknowingly jeopardized the lives of certain priests when he asked for their help. Ahimelech the priest gave him food and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf. Doeg, King Saul’s chief herdsman, witnessed the whole thing and squealed on the priest. Saul confronted Ahimelech, accused him of conspiring with David, and ordered Doeg to kill him and eighty-five other priests and their entire families. “Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David. When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord, David exclaimed, ‘I knew it! When I saw Doeg…there that day, I knew he was sure to tell Saul. Now I have caused the death of all your father’s family’” (1 Samuel 22:20-22 NLT). What an admission! No excuses, just an acknowledgement that he had made a terrible mistake in seeking their help. His next statement shows his commitment to not repeat the mistake and to making amends whenever possible: “Stay here with me…I will protect you with my own life, for the same person wants to kill us both” (1 Samuel 22:23 NLT). Humans make mistakes. They have blind spots. God is present to support our every weakness. Peace comes when we admit our shortcomings to one another.

“Daarom moet julle julle sondes teenoor mekaar bely…” Jakobus 5:16 NLV

Erken jou tekortkominge

Dit voel of daar vandag om elke hoek en draai iemand is wat ‘n verskoning vir sy of haar swak keuses, prestasie of gedrag maak, of versuim om hul swakhede of tekortkominge te erken. Tog maak ons almal foute. Een van die beste voorbeelde van iemand wat sy fout erken het, word in die verhaal van Dawid wat onregverdig deur koning Saul agtervolg is, gevind. Dawid het ‘n voortvlugtige geword en in die proses onwetend die lewens van sekere priesters in gevaar gestel toe hy hulle om hulp genader het. Agimelek, die priester, het hom kos en ‘n swaard gegee en God namens hom geraadpleeg. Doëg, koning Saul se hoofveewagter, het die hele ding aanskou. Saul het Agimelek gekonfronteer, hom daarvan beskuldig dat hy met Dawid saamgesweer het en Doëg beveel om hom en vyf-en-tagtig ander priesters en hul hele families dood te maak. ‘Net Abjatar, een van die seuns van Agimelek en kleinseun van Agitub, het weggekom en na Dawid toe gevlug. Toe hy vir Dawid vertel dat Saul al die priesters van die Here doodgemaak het, roep Dawid uit: ‘Ek het so gedink! Toe ek dié dag vir Doëg die Edomiet daar sien, het ek geweet hy sou vir Saul vertel. Ek het die dood van jou pa se hele familie veroorsaak’ (1 Samuel 22:20-22 NLV). Wat ‘n erkenning! Geen verskonings nie, net ‘n erkenning dat hy ‘n verskriklike fout gemaak het deur by hulle hulp te soek. Hy het hom egter daaraan verbind om nie die fout te herhaal nie en daarvoor probeer vergoed: ‘Bly hier by my en moenie bang wees nie. Die een wat jou wil doodmaak, wil my ook doodmaak. By my is jy egter veilig’ (1 Samuel 22:23 NLV). Mense maak foute. Hulle het blindekolle. Vrede vind plaas wanneer ons ons tekortkominge aan mekaar erken.

“He then turned away to someone else.” 1 Samuel 17:30 NIV

How to deal with discouragers

The first person who tried to discourage David from fighting Goliath was his own brother. “Eliab…burned with anger at him and asked, ‘Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are…You came down only to watch the battle.’ ‘Now what have I done?’ said David. ‘Can’t I even speak?’ He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter” (1 Samuel 17:28-30 NIV). Don’t fall into the trap of giving too much thought and consideration to a discourager. Spend your time with those who add to you, not detract from you. Even King Saul told David, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth” (v. 33 NIV). But David wasn’t concerned about how much experience Goliath had, because he knew that his God was all-powerful. How tragic it is when we limit our faith only to what we can see. To think we are inadequate for a task is to engage in self-centeredness and focus on our own capabilities apart from God. This independent mindset shuts God out of the equation and ignores that fact that He has declared that His strength is made perfect in our weakness (see 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV). The name “Eliab,” David’s older brother, means “God is my father.” How ironic, because he had no confidence in God at all. So in order to experience victory, you may first have to overcome the doubts and unbelief of those closest to you.

“Hy gaan toe na iemand anders toe…” 1 Samuel 17:30 NLV

Hoe om ontmoedigende mense te hanteer

Die eerste persoon wat Dawid probeer ontmoedig het om teen Goliat te veg, was sy eie broer. ‘Maar Dawid se oudste broer het gehoor hoe hy met die manskappe praat en het kwaad geword. ‘Hoekom het jy hierheen gekom?’ vra hy. ‘En by wie het jy daardie klompie vee in die wildernis gelos? Ek ken jou domastrantheid en vermetelheid. Jy wil net die geveg sien!’ ‘Wat het ek dan nou gedoen?’ antwoord Dawid. ‘Ek het maar net ‘n vraag gevra!’ Hy gaan toe na iemand anders toe en vra dieselfde vraag en kry dieselfde antwoord’ (1 Samuel 17:28-30 NLV). Moenie in die strik trap om te veel aandag aan ‘n ontmoediger te gee nie. Bring jou tyd met diegene wat jou aanmoedig, nie afbreek nie, deur. Selfs koning Saul het vir Dawid gesê: ‘…Jy kan tog nie teen die Filistyn veg nie, want jy is nog maar ‘n seun, terwyl hy van jongs af ‘n vegter is!’ (vers 33 NLV). Dawid was egter nie bekommerd oor hoeveel ondervinding Goliat gehad het nie, want hy het geweet dat sy God almagtig is. Hoe tragies is dit wanneer ons ons geloof tot slegs dit wat ons kan sien, beperk. Deur te dink dat ons onvoldoende vir ‘n taak is, raak ons selfgesentreerd en fokus ons op ons eie vermoëns, eerder as op God. Hierdie onafhanklike ingesteldheid sluit God uit en ignoreer die feit dat Hy verklaar het dat sy krag in ons swakheid tot volle verwesenliking kom (sien 2 Korintiërs 12:9-10 NLV). Dawid se oudste broer se naam was ‘Eliab,’ wat ‘God is my vader,’ beteken. Hoe ironies, want hy het glad nie vertroue in God gehad nie. Om dus oorwinning te ervaar, moet jy dalk eers die twyfel en ongeloof van diegene naaste aan jou oorkom.

“We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him.” Romans 8:28 NCV

God is working on your behalf

The Bible begins with these words: “In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water. Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good” (Genesis 1:1-4 NCV). Even when your life seems like a jumbled mess, you can trust the God who brought order out of chaos and light out of darkness to help your life make sense. When you believe that “All things work together for good” (Romans 8:28 NKJV), it redefines the bad things that happen. The worst day of your life can turn into the best day. There’s a silver lining to every cloud, and every downside has a potential upside. When you interpret life through this prism, it gives you confidence that everything is going to be alright. It reassures you that the best is yet to come because God said, “For I know the plans I have for you…they are plans for good” (See Jeremiah 29:11 NLT). But sometimes you have a part to play. God is setting up divine appointments, but you must keep them. God is a gift-giver, but you must fan your gift into flame. God is calling, but you must answer (See Isaiah 6:8). God is ordering your footsteps, but you must keep in step with the Spirit. If you faithfully do your part, you can count on God to do His part—which is to work on your behalf.

“En ons weet dat God alles ten goede laat saamwerk vir hulle wat Hom liefhet…” Romeine 8:28 NLV

God werk namens jou

Die Bybel begin met die volgende woorde: ‘In die begin het God die ganse heelal gemaak, die hemel daarbo en die aarde hieronder. Maar die aarde was n vormlose, onbewoonbare massa, en die diep waters was toegevou in duisternis. Tog het die kragtige, skeppende Gees van God oor die oppervlakte van die water gesweef. Toe beveel God: ‘Laat daar lig wees!’ en dit was so. Die lig was vir God goed…’ (Genesis 1:1-4 NLV). Selfs wanneer jou lewe soos ‘n deurmekaar gemors lyk, kan jy die God wat orde uit chaos en lig uit duisternis gebring het, vertrou om jou lewe weer sin te laat maak. Wanneer jy glo dat ‘…God alles ten goede laat saamwerk…’ (Romeine 8:28 NLV), herdefinieer dit die slegte dinge wat in jou lewe gebeur. Die slegste dag van jou lewe kan in die beste dag verander. Daar is ‘n silwer randjie om elke donker wolk, en elke nadeel het ‘n potensiële positiewe kant. Wanneer jy die lewe deur hierdie prisma interpreteer, gee dit jou vertroue dat alles goed gaan uitdraai. Dit verseker jou dat die beste nog voorlê, want God het gesê: ‘Ek weet wat ek vir julle beplan het… Ek beplan voorspoed vir julle, nie teëspoed nie…’ (Jeremia 29:11 NLV). Jy het egter soms ‘n rol om te speel. God maak goddelike afsprake, maar jy moet hulle nakom. God gee gawes, maar jy moet jou gawe aanwakker. God roep, maar jy moet antwoord (sien Jesaja 6:8). God rig jou voetstappe, maar jy moet met die Gees tred hou. As jy getrou jou deel doen, kan jy op God staatmaak om sy deel te doen – om namens jou te werk.

“Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings.” Proverbs 22:29 NKJV

Study. Work. Hope. Persevere.

Helping the deaf to communicate was what truly motivated Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. Perhaps that’s because his mother and his wife were both deaf. “If I can make a deaf-mute talk,” Bell said, “I can make metal talk.” For five frustrating and impoverished years, he experimented with a variety of materials to make a metal disc that would vibrate in response to sound, reproduce those sounds, and send them over an electrified wire. During a visit to Washington, DC, he called on Joseph Henry, a scientist who was a pioneer in research related to electricity. He presented his ideas to him and asked his advice—should he let someone else perfect the telephone or should he do it himself? Henry encouraged Bell to do it himself, to which he complained that he lacked the necessary knowledge of electricity. Henry’s brief answer was, “Then get it.” And so Bell studied electricity. A year later, when he obtained a patent for the telephone, the patent office officials credited him with knowing more about electricity than all the other inventors combined. Study, work, hope, and perseverance are “common things,” but they are the keys to uncommon success in life. And as Bell discovered, perseverance is often the most challenging. Longfellow wrote: “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” Solomon wrote: “Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before unknown men.”

“Sien jy iemand wat bedrewe is in sy beroep? Hy werk vir konings en nie vir gewone mense nie.” Spreuke 22:29 NLV

Studeer. Werk. Hoop. Druk deur.

Om dowes te help kommunikeer, was wat Alexander Graham Bell, die uitvinder van die telefoon, werklik gemotiveer het. Miskien was dit omdat sy ma en sy vrou albei doof was. ‘As ek 'n doofstom persoon kan laat praat,’ het Bell gesê, ‘kan ek metaal laat praat.’ Vir vyf frustrerende en armoedige jare het hy met ‘n verskeidenheid materiale geëksperimenteer om ‘n metaalskyf te maak wat in reaksie op klank sou vibreer, daardie klanke sou reproduseer en dit oor ‘n elektriese draad sou stuur. Tydens ‘n besoek aan Washington DC, het hy Joseph Henry, ‘n wetenskaplike wat ‘n pionier in navorsing met betrekking tot elektrisiteit was, besoek. Hy het sy idees aan hom voorgelê en sy raad gevra - moet hy iemand anders die telefoon laat vervolmaak of moet hy dit self doen? Henry het Bell aangemoedig om dit self te doen, waarop hy gekla het dat hy nie die nodige kennis van elektrisiteit het nie. Henry se kort antwoord was: ‘Kry dit dan.’ Dus het Bell begin om elektrisiteit te bestudeer. ‘n Jaar later, toe hy ‘n patent vir die telefoon verkry het, het die amptenare van die patentkantoor gesê dat hy meer van elektrisiteit as al die ander uitvinders saam, geweet het. Studie, werk, hoop en deursettingsvermoë is ‘algemene dinge’, maar hulle is die sleutels tot ongewone sukses in die lewe. Soos Bell ontdek het, is deursettingsvermoë dikwels die uitdagendste daarvan. Longfellow het geskryf: ‘The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.’ Salomo het geskryf: ‘Sien jy iemand wat bedrewe is in sy beroep? Hy werk vir konings en nie vir gewone mense nie.’