Cyclosporine

 

Cyclosporine

     Cyclosporine is an immunosuppressive drug given to keep the body from rejecting a transplanted organ.  In other words, the body knows its own and will fight foreign matter from being grafted in.  As a man with stage four kidney disease, this drug may come in handy.

      So how is Christ our cyclosporine?  New must come.  In our natural state, our being fights what is not original.  Upon conversion, His Spirit enters in.  Mysteriously His Spirit intertwines with ours being permanently bonded together forever.  Hence, He is needed as we accept Him as our savior.

     Acceptance is a huge thing.  What we allow into our heart, mind, and soul influences our spirit which animates our body.  We are as fortresses, walled cities with wooden gates hung upon steel hinges.  He gives us opportunity to stage keepers at each entrance.  They work as TSA checking papers and governing passage in.  Likewise, our senses are pathways to our inner being.

     Wisdom comes to educate them standing guard.  Visiting and providing discernment, each is honed to separate truth from lie.  What is reality?  Only the king of castle in consort with the Spirit defines this. 

     Out of the interior of the city, matters arise and so characterize the kingdom. For –

Luke 6:45 “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”

     Eventually, what we store up in ourselves will come out.  It is a spiritual truth.  Senses gather then our meditation rolls over what we are stimulated with.  Overwhelmed?  God gives us the freedom to close the gate.  Restricted passage as we set boundaries or protocols.  As we mature, we learn to judge the influence and turn away if necessary.

      But what if we are fooled as in the days of Joshua?  The Gibeonites came in old attire speaking lies and so convinced them they were of a faraway country seeking a peace agreement.  Joshua took them up on the deal to find out they lived over the next hill.  Bound by his word, a new deal was struck making the Gibeonites slaves.

      We learn from our mistakes and others.  When foreigners come soliciting, wisdom we harken to our side as we call upon God.  An outstretched hand means we welcome in acceptance.  Opening the gate then subjects inhabitants to their influence. 

     The eye and ear gate experience the greatest traffic.  TSA agents here rapidly process.  Procedures determined from the top, forbid or allow.  Touch and taste, seemingly small, are subject to seduction if lust comes knocking.

     Acceptance.  From cyclosporine to our responsibility to focus on good, we walk the day.  Where do we cast our eyes?  Do we bend our ear to gossip?  Do we indulge in taste and touch to the point of sacrificing self-control?  Are these gates discriminatory or have the guards fallen asleep?

     He gives free will.  He also trains in holiness.  We learn to hate what He hates, and to love what He approves of.  How blessed is the city with its gates aptly hung.

Cory Cvrk

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