The Joyous Objectivity of Inner Insight

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The American Dream is subjective. The kingdom of God is objective. Nationalism is subjective. Inner transformation that gloriously sets a person free from tormenting and self-destructive thoughts, feelings, desires, and behaviors is objective. That’s why testimonies about inner transformation by the risen Jesus are so powerful. They declare and demonstrate the objective reality of the kingdom (government) of God.

The most objective being that exists is the living God. All the rest of us are subject to our own subjectivity. Human rationality can never produce true objectivity because our motives always manipulate our reasoning to some degree. True objectivity is only found beyond human reasoning, in humble and surrendered relationship with God that washes away all self-focus and continually enthralls a person with the presence, power, and reality of their Creator.

True objectivity is to be influenced and led by the living God, not by your own thoughts, feelings, and desires. Although the leadings of God’s Spirit occur within a person’s innermost being, those promptings are not humanly produced. They’re the objective working of the living God.

People who can’t tell the difference between their own thoughts, feelings, and desires and the thoughts, feelings, and desires of God mistakenly believe that being led by the Holy Spirit is a subjective experience. It’s not. It’s the ultimate objective experience because it makes you intently aware of the most objective reality that exists, the presence and power of the Creator Himself.

Testimonies don’t just lecture about what Jesus in the past. They release the awe of His presence in the present moment and make people realize that the everlasting government of God is infinitely more powerful and objective than any temporary government or nation state on earth.

Almost every church in the world has at least one or two people who have been inwardly and objectively transformed and set free (in demonstratable ways) by the living Jesus. (Some churches have many.) Yet the stories of those verifiable transformations are seldom told. Instead, church people sit in silence together and every week listen to the same man talk passionlessly about something Jesus did in the past (or about positive thinking).

O that the body of Christ would return to what Revelation 12:11 reveals. We can overcome our bondage to subjectivity by three things: 1) the blood of Jesus (His sacrifice on the Cross to set us free), 2) the word of our testimony about how the risen Jesus is objectively living, working, and speaking inside of us, and 3) by not loving or focusing on the subjectivity of our own life and self-interest.

The subjectivity of human opinion and human nationalism passes away. The objectivity of God’s perspective and kingdom is forever. Which one are you clinging to for dear life?

When you read the Bible, it’s hard not to notice that the Holy Spirit is sometimes critical. If you reject all criticism, you’ll be rejecting some of the Holy Spirit’s objectivity. Lord, give us ears to hear You when You speak against our unkindness, deception, and sin.

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