The problem for many of us is that as we begin to follow the way of God’s truth we start to encounter opposition in our minds. This is because our thinking has been programmed by the ways of the world, the flesh, and the devil. An old saying is “garbage in, garbage out”.
We have built our current belief system on how we have been thinking and acting for a long time. Processing our current actions against our former belief system is not reliable. We need to align what we are currently doing and thinking with God’s word. To live honestly in all our ways requires all of our thinking and believing to be filtered against the truth of God’s word.
The sins of some people are blatant and march them right into court. The sins of others don’t show up until much later. The same with good deeds. Some you see right off, but none are hidden forever. (1 Timothy 5:24-25 MSG)
In the past we shut God’s voice out and paid no attention to the concerns of those who cared about us. That path led us to a destructive unsustainable lifestyle, a lifestyle that caused us to question our sanity. Now we have the opportunity to complete a truthful searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves and see how we have been living differently from the safe and satisfying way God created us to live.
Those who let their sinful old selves tell them what to do live under that power of their sinful old selves. But those who let the Holy Spirit tell them what to do are under His power. If your sinful old self is the boss over your mind, it leads to death. But if the Holy Spirit is the boss over your mind, it leads to life and peace. The mind that thinks only of ways to please the sinful old self is fighting against God. It is not able to obey God’s Laws. It never can. (Romans 8:5-7 NLV)
How willing are we to make a fresh start, to finally be free from the lies that keep us lying in our thoughts, speaking lies with our mouths, and implementing lies with our actions? God wants to show us truth, truth that we need help to recognize. Are we willing to listen and understand truth and to follow truth in all our ways?
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. (Psalm 139:23-24 NLT)
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