Why do we get up. For what purpose do our thoughts, actions, and speech originate and for whom? Ourselves or God?? Choosing to live for ourselves is ultimately death...which is ultimately benefitting satan. On the other hand, choosing to live for God actually produces life...while behind every little step of choice, we may have trouble seeing the essence of this value of life, it is actually extremely significant and vital to not only our growth, but to the very core of our survival.
Our Thoughts: Taking each and every thought captive...lining up each thought with biblical truth. Working towards seeing each person and situation through God's eyes and not our own. A biblical perspective of beauty instead of our human perspective of ashes. What is the foundation off of which we process life? Is the backgroud of family...the brokenness of pain and suffering...or our subsequent maladaptive coping mechanisms the springboard for deciphering what is truth or lies?? If this foundation proves to remain dominant to the truths of our faith...the truths of God's character...then we will remain in a state of brokenness and self-pity. And if we knowingly remain here...then we are inviting and entering a very dangerous choice of selfishness. one of the most extreme kinds. We lose sight of the world because we are so consumed with ourself. our own hurt...pain...traumatic experiences...the crappiness of our own backgrounds and events...alotta "me" up in here. We lose the ability to see others. We sacrifice others for ourself. we become stagnant and rigid in our ability to encapture God's ultimate best in how he would have us minister and love on others. This has been satan's tactic for years...its the same old story of his...Get Christians so fixated on themselves..."me, me, me...I, I, I"...that we are not sharpening our fellow believers let alone the lost world that is outside of ourselves.
Our Actions: Walking out in truth vs lies...and if we know and realize truth...we are held to higher standards...we are held to walk that out even if its hard or goes against what we have been taught and conditioned for. Did someone not tell you that this Christian life was going to be hard?! yeah...its a battle...if you don't choose to enter into it armed, then you will fall. walking into our inheritance. If we have been told of our inheritance, we sure better be working to step further into it each day. Our time on this earth is so limited! we are living each day in the ultimate war...the spiritual battles should be fought head on...we should be equipping ourselves with the power of truth...we so often fall into the dangerous pit of complacency and selfishness.
Our Speech: Integrity. Substance. Why do we spend so MUCH time speaking jibberish crap?! when the majority of our speech is not of substance, then maybe we need to re-evaluate the purpose of it "The purpose of building others up...according to their needs, so that it may benefit those that listen". I'm not saying everything should be spiritual or that every single word spoken should produce something of life, but maybe its time to analyze on what we spend the majority of our time talking about. Speaking forth life versus death.
If we are to focus ours as well as others' attention on the negative or the lies of a person or situation...what exactly is our goal? What exactly are we accomplishing? not life. words have power...they have power to shape our thinking...to change our mindset...to affect the spiritual realm...and sometimes we spit them out either with absolute no pre-thought...or in absolute denial of known truth. its so dangerous.I'm talking from a place of experiencing alot of these truth choices...usually learned through personal failure and continual process. What i have learned and am still learning daily is essential to building God's kingdom...join me in entering the struggle of working out our salvation.
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