Cognitive Introspection
1 Thessalonians 5:23
"The entirety of your essence..." The profound and enigmatic operation of the Holy Spirit takes place within the inaccessible depths of our innermost being. Refer to Psalm 139 for reading. The psalmist suggests that the Lord is the deity associated with the early mornings, late nights, mountain summits, and the sea. However, my deity, my innermost being possesses horizons that extend beyond those of early beginnings, blackness that surpasses the nights of the earth, peaks that tower over any mountain summits, and depths that exceed those of any natural sea. May you, the deity who reigns over all, become my divine patron. I am unable to attain great heights or profound depths; there exist motivations that elude me, and goals that I am unable to fulfill. Oh Lord, examine me thoroughly.Empty quotation marks.
Do we have faith in the ability of God to strengthen and safeguard our cognitive processes to a greater extent than we are capable of? The verse from 1 John 1:7 states that the blood of Jesus Christ, being His Son, purifies us from all wrongdoing. If this verse implies purification solely at the level of our awareness, may we humbly seek divine mercy. An someone who has been desensitized by wrongdoing will claim to be completely unaware of it. However, the purification from wrongdoing that we undergo will extend to the highest and lowest points of our inner being if we choose to "live in accordance with the truth, just as He does" (1 John 1:7).
The identical Spirit that nourished the existence of Jesus Christ will nourish the existence of our spirit. Our spirit, soul, and body can only be preserved in a state of pure uprightness until the return of Jesus, and no longer condemned in God's sight, when we are safeguarded by God via the miraculous sacredness of the Holy Spirit.
We should regularly engage in deep contemplation of these profound and expansive realities of God.