When Jesus came as a man, He came as a selfless, considerate man, thinking about others instead of Himself. He was the first to fulfill the greatest law of all:
“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-39).
Jesus loved God and man equally. The same way He loved God, He loved people, because in Him was His Father’s DNA, which is love. Though He was tempted at times by the enemy to breach the love He had, Jesus refused to listen to the reasoning of the enemy, which causes man to look at himself. He would only allow His mind to focus on God. It says in Proverbs 23:7: “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” This means that we give birth to what we give the most attention to in our lives. Since Jesus’ mind was always on the Father, who is “Love,” rivers of that love flowed out of Jesus, whether it manifested through salvation, healings, miracles, deliverance, or signs and wonders. Later, the disciples shadowed this godly nature of love in II Corinthians 5:14, where Paul says that “the love of Christ controls us” (NAS).
If Jesus had paid attention to the voice of the enemy, His nature would have changed from being selfless to selfish. Focusing on Himself would have been pride in its highest state, and He would have fallen to the lowest pits of hell. The Bible says in I Corinthians 10:12-13, “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” Satan fell in the pit when his heart became focused on himself, as we see in Isaiah’s response to Satan’s self-exultation:
“I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.” Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit (Isaiah 14:13-15).
The only reward we receive when we focus on ourselves is the pit, which is a form of pride, causing us to fall into a lower state of mind and hide or disconnect from the dimension of God. This happened to Adam and Eve in the Garden with Satan. When they took their minds off of God and put it on the serpent, they fell into a lower state of mind and saw themselves in a negative, perverted way. They manifested the enemy’s nature and hid from God out of fear.
In spite of this negative heritage, Jesus came and made a way for us through the cross so we could have the original nature of God back. We can have the mind of Christ again, and if, like Jesus, our minds are focused on the ways of God, we will stay in perfect peace. This is the very type of peace that Paul and Isaiah write about in Romans 16:20 – that the God of peace will crush Satan’s head under our feet, and Isaiah 26:3,– You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You. Because he trusts in You.
This peace that Jesus walked in and that delivered many people is the same peace that He has given us as well: a peace that surpasses all of our understanding—a supernatural peace. If we start believing God, the power of His tangible peace is turned on. Peace is activated within us and becomes flesh instead of it just being an idea or good information. In these days, we can’t afford to not keep our minds and trust upon the Lord. Look upon Jesus today, the mirror for mankind, and be transformed in your original nature. Today, you will walk in peace.