John 14:21 The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.
A screw-thread often referred to as the ‘thread’ is in the shape of a spiral staircase. The main application of a screw-thread is to fasten the nut and bolt and to connect pipes and hoses to caps and fixtures. Unless the screw-threads are paired it will be of no use. Misaligned thread can prevent free rotation and tightness.
Spiritual alignment is like the screw-thread that fits into the bolt. It is aligning our body, mind, soul and spirit to the intention, intuitions, and directions of the Lord. When the ‘thread of thoughts’ are tethering to the ‘trajectory of God’ we will be fastened tightly, if not we will be disengaged and detached. The understanding if the thread of our thoughts is divine direction or demonic deception, is spiritual alignment. Jonah was a man who was misaligned with the will and Word of God. When he tried to settle in a boat that misdirected him, he was thrown into the sea. There are friendships and fellowships that we will never unfurl, no matter how hard we try. There are places and parties that we will be a misfit when we meander away from God’s will. Jonah had paid the ticket fare to go to Tarshish. He had the right to take the ride yet, the storm rocked the boat because of one oddball who was wandering away from the plan of God.
The key to be aligned with the Lord is “love”. Jesus said, he who loves me shall be loved from my Father and I shall love him, and I shall reveal myself to him (John 14:26).
Spiritual alignment is like a screw-thread of a nut and a bolt:
- Crooked: Crooked screw-thread is caused by over-tightening or over-torquing the fastener. Similarly, uptightness, unteachability and inflexibility will bend the screw-thread of our thoughts and misalign us spiritually. Our mulish stubbornness does not change God, it only bends us. A man who hardens his neck after much reproof will suddenly be broken beyond remedy (Proverbs 29:1). Those who don’t bow will be bent.
- Cocky: Too much pressure on the screw will misalign the thread and make it useless. A ‘stripped screw’ is a screw with a damaged head and must be drilled out. Pride is like the damaged screwhead that destroys our thought process. Before a man’s downfall, his mind is arrogant, but humility precedes honor (Proverbs 18:12). Smugness puffs the head and hardens the heart. Cocky heads cause much harm.
- Cross: Cross-threading is when the internal and the external thread are not on the same revolution. This happens when the power tool gets over-torqued resulting in the alignment of the bolts/screws to be uneven. Hot-headed people would cross-thread their thoughts and react impetuously. Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires (James 1:20). Anger, fury, and rage misaligns us spiritually. Hot-headed are cross threaded.
Spiritual alignment is like a screw-thread that fits into God’s plan.
Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, may my thoughts never be crooked, cocky or cross-threaded. Keep me tethered to your will. Amen.
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