Ahhh, The first of June.
I want to apologise for the lack of content over the past
couple of months, Even though I have been incredibly busy with various things,
exams, travelling and what not. I have had opportunities to write, but haven't.
I turned 19, finished my first year at university a couple of days ago, and
honestly, the after-math is slightly anti-climatic. But here I am getting ready
for my last tutorial of the year; and I just had to write.
It's funny how my last post was about the same topic, but in
all honesty- TEMPTATION is probably, if not the biggest struggle in a
Christians life, over time, things get better but as you are transformed
and renewed daily [ROMANS12'2] there are always new element of yourself,
new character traits that you didn't even know existed from the surface, that
just creeps up on you and exposes itself at times of weakness.
For examples, if you have been struggling with anger, and
you ask God for help and you physically see the change in character over that
time, suddenly the sin of gluttony is exposed to you and it catches you
completely un-aware.
I was watching a GAITHERVEVO youtube clip the other day from
the Martins, and it was an epiphany that God has been working on me with for a
long time, The song was called : SHUT DE DO -(- Shut the door). the lyrics goes
like this: 'Shut de do, keep out de devil Shut de do, keep de devil in the
night...'
- And then it dawned on me. Most of us, meaning, myself
like to leave 'the door' open. For example we like to relish on un-Godly
thoughts on people , and rile up emotions of un-Godly character. By the time
those thoughts want to turn into actions of anger and resent, we wonder why.
Why are we feeling so aggressive, so weak and uncontrollable. It's because
we didn't shut the door.
The Bible says in 2CORINTHIANS10'15 that we must take every
thought captive and make them obedient to Christ. That means,
when bad thoughts enter into our minds, we should stop, take that thought in
hand (without attachment) and make is conform, make it obedient to
the word of God. Use the Scriptures, ask God for wisdom that His
SPIRIT gives, and transform your world by the renewing of your mind.
It's so important, because 'As a man thinketh in his heart, so is He.' [PROV23'7] -
Who do you want to be .
It's easier said than done, and I am far from having it all
together but when we humble ourselves, we will receive grace - and grace is the ability that God gives us not to sin. JAMES 4'6
I'll leave you with this verse :
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and
he will flee from you. 8Come
near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and
purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn and wail. Change
your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the
Lord, and he will lift you up.
