Come to Your Senses

“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD…” Isaiah 18:1a

Well, we come to yet another New Year. A time to reflect and make our new commitments and good intentions. Now I’m not a big New Year’s resolution kind of guy, but I do believe that a steady appetite for improvement is imperative as we walk this walk.

Why not use the tools God gave us to continue to grow? God has gifted us with the 5 senses and I believe that the purpose for this gift is to respond to Him.

According to Wikipedia- Senses are the phys i o logical capacities within organisms that provide inputs for perception.

To “perceive”

One of the things I’ve learned in my journey of faith is that the mind can be the arena of profit or can also be the devil’s playground, if we are not careful. Every day I have to make choices about which voices I will listen to: the voices that call me to a walk of righteousness or the voices that encourage me to indulge the lusts of the flesh.

Here are some ways Scripture teach us to “Come to our Senses”.

Sight:  I’ve seen people respond to the Lord because of what they see

John 1:46 And Nathanael said to him (Phillip), “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see”.

Psa 66:5 “Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.”

Deu 4:35 “To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.”

Hearing:  Sometimes people just need to hear

Rom 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Mat 13:9 “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

Taste:  Sometimes our experiences leave a “taste in our mouth”. A good taste keeps you coming back for more.

Job 6:30 “Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?”

Psa 34:8 “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!”

Psa 119:103      How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Touch: “A touch of the master’s hand”

Mat 14:36 “…and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.”

Luk 6:19 “And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.”

Smell– (Aroma, fragrance):

2Cr 2:14, 15 “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.”

Eph 5:2 “And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.”

These are good exercises to put into practice. Although for many of us our “senses” aren’t what they used to be, God can still use them to draw us near to Him. Amen! – Rob Russomano is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and serves on our full-time staff at America’s Keswick. He is a regular Freedom Fighter blogger.

Daily Bible Reading: Malachi 1-4; Luke 24:36-53

Quote of the day: It is an awesome, challenging thought. The Lord comes to us in our friends. What we do and are to them is an expression of what we are to Him. Lloyd Ogilvie

Verse to Memorize: “But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24