If any man is in Christ, he is a
living creature; no longer dead and buried. He has been born in the spirit
realm and has a living father - Jehovah. It is a problem that there are too
many living people with “grave clothes” on. If you have life, please why keep
the “grave clothes” on? With grave clothes on, you are bound, unable to breathe
properly, your movement is awkward and restricted so that you go forward in
life with great difficulty. It behooves us after the salvation experience, to
allow our minds be renewed by the word of God thereby taking off the grave
clothes. It is more than being in church or listening to the word often, it is
endeavoring to understand the word and allowing it influence our minds.
2 Corinthians 5: 17
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old
life is gone; a new life has begun.”
We know about leaving the life of
sin or wrongdoing behind but forget that wrong mindsets beget wrongdoing so
that they also must be left behind. Some such mindsets were formed from growing
up in dysfunctional homes and hostile environments whilst others acquired it
from hanging around the wrong set of people. Believers troubled by such
mindsets only perceive life and interpret people through this mindset. To them,
life is a jungle so that everyone around them is either perceived as their prey
or predator. They love God and claim they hate the environment in which they
grew up but unwittingly rehash the same environment since it is the only one
they are comfortable in. Unable to love, they reject genuine love not knowing
it is what they crave; they don’t understand and cannot identify it nor do they
accept that anyone can be sincere at no cost. Interestingly, they don’t realize
they hurt others; always the victim, they are mean and very selfish.
Romans 6: 6 “we
know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might
lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
We owe it to ourselves to ensure
that such people whether friends or family, do not make us preys. They are good
at emotional black mail so resist it. If you permit them, they would make you
their burden bearer and will never be satisfied with how much you give of
yourself, until you not only end up their beast of burden but a dead one. They feign
ignorance of the pain they cause you or refuse to see it so they don’t feel
bad. They are the product of their environment and/or self. They are not your
cross neither can you bear their burden. You have to love them enough to send
them to Christ.
Life is not always about you
being the victim or making others victims. All the anger or emotional chaos stored
up in you will eventually explode, destroying you, if you don’t let go of it.
If despite all your effort you are unable to let go of all that venom inside
you, see your pastor for guidance or go to a proper Christian counselor. You
can’t hold other people to ransom, making them pay for something they know
nothing about neither are you being fair to yourself holding on to the weight God
is begging to relieve you off. The end of this road is hell and I am certain
you deserve more than that otherwise Christ would not have saved your soul.
Stop all that manipulation and emotional blackmail; everybody is going through
something. Please carry your own cross.
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