When we detach from the belief
that we are only the sum of what we think and feel, we are able to integrate our
true inner self with God's Spirit within us.
We see and forgive the causes of
our faulty thinking and behavior and are healed. As we accept our feelings and
idiosyncrasies without judgment, we can submit them to God's Spirit for
sanctification.
We stop fighting our self and
start growing in Christ. God's Spirit sets us free from the bondage of Satan's
lies which controlled us for most of our life ( www.theophostic.com ).
We align our thinking with God's
Word. Our days take on a hue of joy and peace unfamiliar to us in the past. The
presence of God's Spirit within us helps us to see our faulty thinking and
behavior without negative repercussions or condemnation (Romans 8:1).
We relax and trust in God's
goodness and compassion. We pull the plug on the power which our negative
feelings once held over our life. We learn to reject Satan's lies and to
embrace God's Truth.
We no longer entertain them as
real and important; and instead we view them as red flags which signal a deeper
problem within.
Our realization, that our strong
over-reaction to a person or experience comes from old wounds and unresolved
conflicts, gives us more balance in our life and priorities.
We face our fears head-on and
allow God's Spirit to diffuse them for us. We see the idols we erected in our
life for what they are, and we cooperate as the Holy Spirit tears them down.
Patience does her perfecting work
in us and things of this world no longer grip us with the former, inordinate,
over-powering importance which the earthly and material issues used to hold in
our life. We look forward to the miracles God plants in all of our trials.
Prayer:
Father God, we find joy in our
tribulation (Romans 5:3), because of Your presence in them with us. You hold us
in the safety of Your hand and shelter us under the shadow of Your wings (Psalm
139:10). We realize that the disappointments and wounds of our childhood hold
no more power over our current moment, because You set us free from the law of
sin and death (Romans 8:2).
We forgive those who hurt and
used us; and we look forward to a new chapter in our life, full of Your
blessings and new possibilities. Teach us to walk in Your Spirit every moment
of the day and to do the works which You created us to do before we were even
born (Ephesians 2:10).
Thought for the Day:
As we face the grief of our past
with a spiritual viewpoint, the intensity of it diminishes and we are freed
from the power of negative emotions, which used to infect our life.
