God is Stronger than My Attitude
Oy! Jesus soooo has
my number! I am a moody person. But I’ve been taught well about “maintaining
my composure”, aka MASKING MY BEHAVIOR.
The sole benefit I see to this activity is this: only God knows I’m sinning because He knows
my heart. I still need to confess and
apologize. Praise Jesus, He offers me a
new attitude. He promises a renewing of
the mind when you wash in His Word. I
need a nice, long bath EVERY day!
I’ve also been a prideful person. In fact, I’ve buried a few of my talents in
the sand because of pride. Now, I’m
dusting those talents off and giving them back to Him to use. Hallelujah! I’m taking more time to use His Word like a
mirror as I wash in it. I’m applying its
principles to my life – not as well as I’d like, but one bit at a time still
makes forward progress. I’m giving
myself and others more freedom to make mistakes and exercising greater
forgiveness afterward.
I want to please my heavenly Father rather than men. I want to hear, “Well done good and faithful
servant” when I meet my Savior face-to-face.
I don’t want my reward to be the praise of people. I still need to
remind myself of this sometimes. I need
to point to Christ rather than steal His glory.
I suppose if I’m more focused on Him, this behavior will become as
natural as breathing.
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