
You have settled in your comfort zone! You are in a familiar place where you think your mind has been renewed. As a result of good habits, these have become unintentionally stale and linked to repetition, tradition and religiosity, no matter how Spirit-filled your background is.
You ask, “how can I have fallen into such a trap, Lord?” but watch out for that subtle vein of complacency with what is “right”. This is because what is right is different from the Truth. Human righteousness can be good, but it doesn’t have the breath of My Spirit. Therefore, as such, it doesn’t have Life and will lead to a mouldy, Pharisaic mentality. This, in turn, may push you unknowingly towards judgement and rigidity rather than one filled with My Spirit.
It is My love and mercy that should make people who don’t know Me feel that they matter and that I see them. Not rules, however right they may be.
Remember, My child, that any of your achievements will fall short if there is a lack of the fear of the Lord. So come to Me and let’s talk. I will show you where your heart has hardened and I will soften it again as I marinate it with My tender love.
Activation:
Read Ephesians 4:17-31 with Holy Spirit. As verses stand out to you, repent for having partnered with anything that is against the Word of God and has stiffened your heart. Then ask Him to renew you to start afresh.
The Christian’s Walk
17 So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls],
18 for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
Ephesians 4:17-18 (AMP)
22 that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
23 and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude],
24 and put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God’s image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of the truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation].
Ephesians 4:22-24 (AMP)
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