Who is the bad guy?
Who are we continually battling against?
Who wants to usurp the True King,
The Only Master,
The Alpha and Omega,
The Lord,
off His Throne that only He belongs on?
I do.
Truth be told, I am my worst adversary. My heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. My flesh is continually trying to undermine my intelligence, and my emotions usually get the best of me.
But sometimes The brain wins, and Christ is put right back in the center of the issue.
Jesus won the battle for me.
He knows me intimately. He knows the me that is finished in Him. Right now, on this globe we call dirt, I am called through a process, pulled through actually. The more God gently leads the more I desire to be lead by Him.
And this is how I can sin.
By learning, and gaining the knowledge The Lord has gifted me with at this particular time, with the particular people in my Church Family, I have joy and peace. I share this learning almost every day with the people I worship with.
I want to shout this truth from the rooftops.
I am not good at sugar coating anything.
With deepest joy I want to tell the world, or at least the ones closest to me that "This is what the bible says!" Not realizing that those people are on an entirely different learning path, and what I am saying is gibberish, or even offensive to their world view.
If my entire belief system was dashed to pieces I would respond harshly.
My sin is that I don't understand why one wouldn't be thrilled to have their eyes opened, as long as it's from Gods word. If concern is brought to my attention from the Bible, my heart is softened because I need to be taught. I understand the humility that must be worn like skin to sit under the Word of The Creator and hear it.
The lessons I am learning will never be finished.
God uses each person in my life to direct me to Him.
His Plan.
His Power.
His Glory.
I am only a little piece of Gods puzzle we call existence.
And as long as I look inward, knowing that at any moment my flesh will act out,
and
gaze upward,
I fully believe that YAHWEH has it all under control.
Who are we continually battling against?
Who wants to usurp the True King,
The Only Master,
The Alpha and Omega,
The Lord,
off His Throne that only He belongs on?
I do.
Truth be told, I am my worst adversary. My heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. My flesh is continually trying to undermine my intelligence, and my emotions usually get the best of me.
But sometimes The brain wins, and Christ is put right back in the center of the issue.
Jesus won the battle for me.
He knows me intimately. He knows the me that is finished in Him. Right now, on this globe we call dirt, I am called through a process, pulled through actually. The more God gently leads the more I desire to be lead by Him.
And this is how I can sin.
By learning, and gaining the knowledge The Lord has gifted me with at this particular time, with the particular people in my Church Family, I have joy and peace. I share this learning almost every day with the people I worship with.
I want to shout this truth from the rooftops.
I am not good at sugar coating anything.
With deepest joy I want to tell the world, or at least the ones closest to me that "This is what the bible says!" Not realizing that those people are on an entirely different learning path, and what I am saying is gibberish, or even offensive to their world view.
If my entire belief system was dashed to pieces I would respond harshly.
My sin is that I don't understand why one wouldn't be thrilled to have their eyes opened, as long as it's from Gods word. If concern is brought to my attention from the Bible, my heart is softened because I need to be taught. I understand the humility that must be worn like skin to sit under the Word of The Creator and hear it.
The lessons I am learning will never be finished.
God uses each person in my life to direct me to Him.
His Plan.
His Power.
His Glory.
I am only a little piece of Gods puzzle we call existence.
And as long as I look inward, knowing that at any moment my flesh will act out,
and
gaze upward,
I fully believe that YAHWEH has it all under control.
Well said, it is all in God's control, and recognizing this should humble us.
ReplyDeleteA quote from one I don't recall "He must increase and I must decrease".
Praise be to God that he is sovereign, large, and perfect in all ways. We are but filthy sinners, continually being refined and taught.