So many of us do not give ourselves enough credit. We all fall short, we ALL SIN.
Our conviction levels may differ. We may need to improve in certain areas. We may excel in other areas.
I'll use me as an example...I don't care how angry I get...the devil will not get me to cuss. It's just something I will not and do not do. My personal convictions in that area is extremely high. I do not cuss-point blank period. However, in my anger I have been know to blur out very hurtful words in a very hurtful tone. I have been know to act like a wild manic (at times hitting) and knock things over etc. Acting in such a way is not God like at all. In fact, the bibles describes the person behaving this way a fool. Some would say, if I'm going to do all that - I might as well just cuss! Having no self control would be equivalent to just cussing someone out. It is definitely an area that I have been working on.
The devil would love to have us focus on what's wrong with us. What we do wrong. Where we fall short. It is his job to convince us that WE ARE NOT WORTHY - well peeps...it is my job to tell you this morning that THE DEVIL IS A LIE!
God is more concerned about OUR HEARTS towards him. That we want to get it right. He wants our hearts surrendered to HIM. So if I know that God expects me to have self control, I need to gather all the scripture that supports God's request. I need to read and read and read until I've got it in my system. My love for God and the desire to get it right will cause me to do something different the next time I become angry. If I have to stand still and cry tears of (I want to kill you!) in a moment of anger (looking cray cray and snot dripping down my nose.) that's what I'll do. If it will prevent me from saying or acting evil, so be it. Why? Because I'm more concerned with him seeing my heart and my desire to get it right.
"As your father, if I ask you to do something will you do it?"
Thus sayth the Lord, "Your sins are forgiven. I need you. Can I count on you?"
Amen, I was going to write more but the Holy Spirit is moving so I'll end there. You know who you are. You know why the Lord has led you to read this post today. I'm praying for you and for myself that we have the strength to answer his call. That we will be individuals that God can count on. That our personal desires will be to get it right. Amen.
Isaiah 6: 1-8 NLT
It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 They were calling out to each other,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies!
The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
4 Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.
5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.”
8 Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?”
I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
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