There
are just a few more negative traits, which God is changing to make me a new
creation. I dislike the limelight, but God is not concerned with this. I lack
the confidence, anointing and ability to function in leadership, but I make a
good foot soldier, because I follow instructions.
The
last two strongholds, moodiness and grouchiness, only bother me now when I am
tired, but God’s Spirit helps me to overcome even then by reminding me to keep
my focus on Him rather than on myself.
Over
the years, God retained a few of my positive personality characteristics; such
as my organizational abilities, calendar planning, economical tendencies, neat
homemaking, attention to detail and a determination to finish what I start.
Another
character trait, which He preserved, was my ability to find creative solutions
to solve problems. Unfortunately, I always felt the need for others to do
things my way, so God did purged me of that side of the coin.
God
also had to break me of the penchant to ease the burdens of everyone around me;
because I ended up burned out, and I thwarted God's plan in the lives of those
I enabled.
I
am sure that you can see from my testimony over the last three posts that God
cares about every area of our life. He wants to transform and conform us to be
like Christ and to manifest His love and divine nature to the world around us.
People will see the difference He makes in our life and will want His
transforming power for their life too.
Prayer:
Father
God, thank You for making me into a new creation and for enabling me to
overcome human tendencies by filling me with the divine nature of Christ and
guiding me with Your Spirit (2 Peter 1:4; 2 Corinthians 5:17). Thank You for
forgiving my inadequacies when I fall short of Your image of who I am in
Christ, who is my true identity (Colossians 2:9-10). I rejoice in the fact that my life is now
hidden in You with Christ, who is my whole life (Colossians 3:3-4).
Thought
for the Day:
Allow
God to work in your life to exchange your negative personality traits with His
fruit, to use your positive characteristics for His glory and to make you a new
creation in Him. - 2 Corinthians 5:17
