Tuesday 19 August 2014

You Have To Confront ‘You’ From Time To Time If You Must Go Forward



It is truly sad that believers struggle with facing the truth of “who we are.” Facing the truth of who we are at any point in our lives is not to beat ourselves but to make necessary improvements so that we go forward to fulfill our destinies. It is sad when one’s life remains stagnant, which can happen for several different reasons, for the fact that the person refuses to confront themself. It is even worse when we, ourselves are so desperate to go forward that we pray and fast asking God to take us forward only to turn away when we find that the solution to our going forward is in fixing certain things in us. Refusing to acknowledge the truth, we lock ourselves in; remaining stagnant we distort God’s big picture.

Proverbs 26: 13 “The lazy person claims, there’s a lion out there! If I go outside I might be killed”

Our reasons for refusing to confront ourselves or deal with our issues vary. I know, for example, that some people are afraid of being emotionally traumatized so they would rather avoid facing the truth of who they are. No matter how wonderful your excuse may seem, the underlying truth is we hate to deal with the fact that the responsibility for making the changes rest on us and not on anyone else. It is just easier to blame it all on someone or something else forgetting that your life is yours and the persons you seek to pass the buck to are working on their own responsibility - their life. They are going forward while you are stagnant. Sometimes we even want to pass the buck onto God but we must realize that these things won’t make God any less than He is. When God has completed His part, it then becomes our responsibility to act. Unfortunately, the life is ours yet we toy with it. It will be sad to live and die talking about His promises and never experience them for silly reasons such as we are discussing today. 

1 Corinthians 11: 31 “But if we examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.”

At the end of the day we are doing ourselves a lot of injustice. No matter how much we blame others, the life is ours. It is like placing food before one who is hungry and they are waiting for someone else to put the food in their mouth. Of course, eventually they would lose the food. Even if no one else takes it, it would go bad. God expects us to use the hands He already provided us to take the food, so that He will not come down to put it in our mouth. There is a place for everything He gave us. Simple common sense teaches us that. If He would come down and do what we ought to do, then why equip us to live physically on earth? Since He gave us a brain, He must intend for us to use it though following His guide.

1 Corinthians 11: 32 “Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.”

Moreover, God’s thoughts toward us are always thoughts of good which should ultimately bring us to that good predestined end He has for us. So when it appears like He is forcing us to confront ourselves, it can only be for our good. He won’t even do it before you are fully equipped to deal with it. As we all know, He does not make us deal with all our wrong at the same time, it is usually a step at a time confirming that He would not let you take on more than you can handle. If He reveals the weakness, then He is certain that you are equipped to deal with it. No one else can deal on your behalf, with what you ought to deal with. You waste your life and time when you refuse to confront yourself and deal with the issues. 

1 Corinthians 10: 13 “The temptations in your life are no different from what others experiences. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.”

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