Are
you in a dysfunctional relationship with Jesus? Do you love Him but find
it hard to let Him love all of you? Do you have trouble admitting
faults & failures? Do you hide or bury things that hurt, shamed or
embarrassed you? Is it hard for you to receive correction? Does
something just seem off that kilter inside of you? If you answered "yes"
to many of these then…you're probably in a dysfunctional
relationship with Jesus & today is a good day to let His truth set
you free! For years I worked hard to appear not to have faults or
failures-I wanted to be approved & to prove I was okay. Jesus knew I
loved Him but I wasn't receiving all of His love because I was too busy
trying to correct my faults & failures. The Holy Spirit revealed to
me that I wouldn't fulfill the complete plans God because I was in a
dysfunctional relationship with Jesus…what??? I wasn't experiencing all
the love Jesus was trying to give me because I didn't think I was worthy
enough...I allowed what I felt to stand in the way of what was true!
The Holy Spirit gave me revelation... what I brought in the light would
lose its power! That day changed the rest of my life-this meant I had to
drag out the things I didn't like about me & the bad I felt inside.
Jesus took all my faults & failures at the Cross, but I had to
agree with His truth...in order to receive the freedom His truth
offered. I believed the truth to my capacity to believe, but had
unknowingly given my feelings the power to interfere with the full
revelation of truth. Jesus loves me-where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is freedom! I'm still on this journey with Jesus & will be
until the day I go to Heaven. One thing I know for sure-His love
approves all of me… good, bad & ugly. The Holy Spirit gives me a
boldness to step out & follow Jesus-to not get hung up on what I'm
not, but to look at Who Jesus is & His Spirit lives in me. I renew
my mind every hour of the day with His truth & know when He corrects
me…it's to make me right-not wrong. I still struggle some days-the
enemy knocks me off course, but God's grace is bigger than the enemies
attempts to harm me. I'm only as together as I'm willing to surrender
& I know God will bring to completion the good work He started in me
long ago. Will you let Him do the same for you? (Jn 8:32, Col 2:10, 2
Cor 3:16-18, 2 Cor 12:9-10, Phil 1:6, Eph 2:10, Rom 12:2)
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