Internalisation and Application

UV 1257/10,000 Internalisation and Application
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.


Jeremiah 31 v 33


Any head knowledge or learning unless it is internalised and applied has little value in changing or impacting human lives. There has to be a two way transfer from a head that thinks to a heart that cares and vice versa, from a heart that cares to a head that thinks and carries out or implements the inclinations of the heart. Under the old covenant between Israel and Jehovah, the law was written on a stone tablet but under the new covenant, the relationship between God and people changed from that of a King and His subjects to that of a Father and His children. The hearts of people are now circumcised or focussed to love God with all their hearts, minds and strength. The stony hearts of people that were naturally inclined towards disobedience and rebellion were replaced with sensitive hearts that are naturally inclined towards obedience and submission to the word and will of God. There are different principles and precepts that apply to different parts of our bodies, minds and hearts. The Lord will help us to internalise these such that just as the blood reaches food and oxygen to different parts of the body, these will be applied aptly to the appropriate parts: when the principles and precepts relating to our tongues are applied, we become gentle men and women, when it is applied to our hearts and minds, we become wise men and women, when it is applied to our sexual organs, we become self controlled people, when it is applied to our moods and emotions, we become stable people. We do not need an external reminder for the Holy Spirit will remind us at the apt time.



Under the old covenant relationship, people did not feel they belonged to God. Now we feel we belong to God and God belongs to us. We delight in learning His law. He writes the law in our hearts and minds such that none of our steps will slide. We fear God’s righteous judgement but we do not fear the reproach or reviling of men. We are spiritually minded and not carnal. Just as He has written the laws of our growth and functioning into the genetic code of every cell of our being, He has wired our minds and hearts to delight in understanding and applying the Word of God. The Word will show us what is negative in the eyes of the Lord that we need to avoid, what is positive and pleasing to Him and what we need to practice in our lives. The negatives often stick to us naturally like a leech. Only salt if applied around a leech compels it to let go. Similarly, the Word acts as salt to let the negatives let go of us. The positives need to always be strapped to us like a life jacket. It needs to be internalised.

When the Word is inscribed in our hearts and minds, the voice of our consciences will be amplified. We will learn to walk in the paths and ways that please the Lord and to avoid those that do not please Him. The Lord will tabernacle with us or in other words our house will become His dwelling place. His presence will move ahead of us as a cloud by day giving us shelter from intense heat and a fire by night to protect us from the powers of darkness. The name “ Israel” means “struggle with God.” Instead of struggling with God we will have peace with God. When we have peace with God, will have peace with ourselves and when we have peace with ourselves, we will have peace with others.

Prateep V Philip