BEAUTIFIED HEARTS AND MINDS

Even more remarkable than God dwelling in the hearts of men and women, expressing His divine beauty through them, is God going further and depositing His life into them as well. It is mind-blowing to think that He would show us His beauty on the inside; but to go so far as to put His life in us and enable

us to show His life to others is even more profound. This holy indwelling that brings us into our place as a beautiful Bride has a distinct effect on our hearts and minds. God dwelling in us af- fects how we think, speak and feel.

This is the covenant that I will make them…I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds I will write them… (Hebrews 10:16)

In the process of beautifying His Bride, Jesus writes the laws of His Father on her mind and heart. She will understand God with her mind and feel Him with her heart. Supernatural thoughts will come to us forever. As we rule with Christ, partially in this age and in fullness in the age to come, we will enter into a realm of understanding that surpasses the great and learned men and women of history. We have been given access to the very thoughts and thought processes of God (1 Corinthians 2:16). The concept that He writes on our minds and hearts speaks of His supernatural enlargement of our capacity for understanding and love. He will crown us with radiant and beautiful minds and hearts; just like Jesus, we will be filled with divine intelligence and hearts overflowing with love. In the age to come there will still be mathematics, science, technology, food, art and music. These disciplines will not suddenly disappear. We will have great intelligence that will enhance our communication with Je- sus, our Bridegroom God. We will also have supernatural abili- ties to communicate with perfect speech, musical ability, singing ability, thought and expression.

Our minds and hearts will be expanded with new capacity for holiness, and with holiness, a deeper sense of satisfaction. This will beautify us. Along with supernatural understanding of truth, Jesus will give us supernatural ability to feel things like He does. Our hearts will be beautified as we experience the same feelings and emotions as Jesus. We will have the capacity to love more as we are empowered with holy affections for God and others. The love of God will be poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). The very love with which the Father

loved Jesus will be in us (John 17:26). We will love to a degree that goes far beyond anything we can presently imagine.

With this love and with our increased emotional capacities, we will have no envy and no jealousy. We will not compare ourselves with others and we will not bring accusations against ourselves or anyone else. We will be devoid of all condemna- tion, fear of failure, competition, discouragement, addiction, and negative feelings. These things will have been replaced by massive capacities for happiness and contentment, peace and joy, unity and love, as evidenced by having joy inexpressible and fullness of glory.

Yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory. (1 Peter 1:8)

Jesus will not rule with a depressed Bride. We must under- stand what Jesus is thinking, and feel what He is feeling. We will be unified with the flow of His heart forever. One day soon we will know a supernatural unity in relationship like that which currently only exists within the Godhead. Jesus’ prayer in John 17:12, “That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us…” will be answered.

The John 17:12 passage is often used to promote unity among city leaders, and there are certainly facets of that reflect- ed in Jesus’ words. However the goal He set—unity among hu- mans reflecting the unity of the Trinity—is so lofty it can only be perfectly achieved among beings who have been made like Him. The only people who can find unity like that will have to be completely convinced that Jesus sees them as beautiful and, in understanding their own beauty, be willing to run the risk of wholly loving another person because Jesus thinks that other person is beautiful too.

CHAPTER FOUR

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