Mental
illness is rampant in our country and in the world today. Everybody and their
cousin has a therapist - it is the "in" thing nowadays.
These
people are in deep conflict within themselves due to some perceived slight or
impacting trauma perpetuated on them by someone they trusted or some stranger
who took advantage of them.
Most
of these people have no knowledge of their need for Christ, that God loved them
enough to take our place on the cross, or the potential spiritual heritage they
can have as a Believer.
Satan
does everything he can to make sure that we do not find out about the freedom
inherent in our surrendering our life to Christ. Many people believe his lies
that we need to live life our way.
He
may also convince us that nothing can make us acceptable to God. If we do
surrender our life to Jesus, he will attempt to deceive us into thinking that
we can never truly be useful in the Kingdom of God.
The
truth is that if we humble our self to accept Jesus as our Savior; seek God and
align our thoughts, words and deeds with His Holy Word; and walk in His Spirit
each moment of our day, the cloud of doubt, depression, anxiety and insecurity
will be swallowed up by God's truth. We have immense freedom in Christ.
Prayer:
Father
God, as a human, Jesus rose to spiritual heights through His obedience, until
He became stronger than Satan (Hebrews 5:8; 1 John 4:4). Although Satan tempted
Him, Jesus used Your Word to defeat the devil at every turn. He even resisted
the temptation at Gethsemane to avoid the cross and the weight of the sin of
the whole world.
Teach
us about spiritual warfare and how to draw near to You and resist the lies of
the devil, so he must run from our presence too (James 4:7). Humble us in Your
sight until You can use us for Your purposes in Your Kingdom. Give us the
spiritual insight to notice when those around us need more of You, and make us
sensitive enough to hear Your Spirit's prompting when others need Jesus as
their Savior.
Thought
for the Day:
Our
success and fulfillment are guaranteed as long as we walk in God's will for our
life.
