Goulburn: the lamp of consciousness

Thursday, March 4, 2021
    Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647
Meditation:
    The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
    —Romans 8:6-7 (NIV)
Quotation:
    God, though present everywhere, has His special residence, as being a pure Spirit, in our minds. “In Him we live, and move, and have our being.” He is somewhere in the recesses of our soul, in the springs of our existence, in that mysterious, dark, cavernous region of our nature where the wishes, feelings, thoughts, emotions take their earliest rise... The mind is a sanctuary, in the center of which the Lord sits enthroned, the lamp of the consciousness burning before Him.
    ... Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818-1897), Thoughts on personal religion, Rivingtons, 1871, p. 257-258 (see the book)
    See also Rom. 8:6-7; Job 12:10; John 11:25; Acts 17:24-28; Rev. 5:8
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, cleanse my mind that it may be Your temple. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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