the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
16 For I will not fight against you forever;
I will not always be angry.
If I were, all people would pass away—
all the souls I have made.
17 I was angry,
so I punished these greedy people.
I withdrew from them,
but they kept going on their own stubborn way.
18 I have seen what they do,
but I will heal them anyway!
I will lead them.
I will comfort those who mourn,
19 bringing words of praise to their lips.
May they have abundant peace, both near and far,”
says the Lord, who heals them.
20 “But those who still reject me are like the restless sea,
which is never still
but continually churns up mud and dirt.
21 There is no peace for the wicked,”
says my God.
The Big Picture: We all see here that [WE] voluntarily do submit to every single change that God want us to change in one's own life which totally means "All" in someone's life. Most of us, if not all of us would be very willing to have certain character defects just to go away. I say the sooner the better! But let's face it, some defects are so very hard to give up. I've had some character flaws about my own life that had been flawed and way out there in my life that it had got to the point to where No one even wanted me around at all, for they slammed doors, shut windows, blinds and had said very boldly " Don't ever come here again or the police will be called on you" At the time I had been very deeply hurt and didn't understand why those people treated me the way they did. Today, I understand those reasons I wasn't the kind of a person to be around anybody at all. My character showed them I wasn't a very good person and I was nothing but trouble for them and their family.The only people that would have me around is the very people whom truly acted just like me during those times, it's like worldly people do high and sinsters ways about themselves (hidden agendas), and they just don't care whom they hurt for onr, and they are out for themselves at all cost [Slef]. Which leads to the person lying, stealing, harming others at all cost,killing so other's won't tell on them and being totally greedy and just out right for themselves in ones own feelings in what they want from you and they don't even care about people in what they feel inside. Then often times resentments grows and fester in a person life is when they come back for more and finsih you off. It's like weeds in a garden that we often grow they have devloped long intruding roots! Like myself, and a host full of others had truly formed our own defects of character, hang-ups, habits, over a period of ten, twenty, and even up to thirty years. We had to come to acknowledge that we sure did need to release one's "control" Then easy does to accept self and jesus to even beging to learn to replace "self" character unto Jesus Christ . it's hard to release it because of self-will which is strong will people like myself has in someone own life. But the neated thing is that our God is very courteous and patient! The fact is: He don't ever impose His will on anyone. He just waiting for us to literally invite Him in.He just can't come in anyone if they aren't ready for Him. We need to totally ready which means "willingness" and entirely ready so Jesus Christ can come in and to clean-up all areas of one's own life but it truly does take a small area just to start out to allow him to come in someones heart.That's the key that goes into a very hard lock that stubbornly won't open then become opened at the time of willingness so Jesus Christ removes one's own character flaws and make-up. In our scriptures it does share with us in the Psalms in which I love the way he puts it unto us"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing" Ps.143:10,N.LT. Simply put "R" - Release control is [Let go and allow God !] We can also us an (E) for easy does it but do it! It's Not A Quick Fixes! Everyone sure needs time to allow God to work in our life. This is "Sin" is just a symptom of one character flaws and defects that surely sticks out to everyone and everybody that truly sees us before Jesus Christ can help us out. Let me explain here! The sin is like a weed in a garden: It will keep reappearing unless it is pulled out by it's roots. And the roots are actually defects of our own character that causes the particular sin. In my on case, the major sin in my own life was alcohol, self- esteem. That was my lack of any postive self -image - that had caused me to abuse alcohol. That does take time, but God will do it. He Promised! Trust Him to help you to do it! " Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and He will help you." Psalms 37:5 N.L.T. Seeing the need for change and allowing the change to occur are 2 different things, and the space betwen recogntion and willingness can be filled with fear. Beside 'fear" can and will trigger our old dependency on se;f- control. But this vital principle if we are trapped by our own self-will. We need to be ready to accept God's help throughout the transition. So think clearly and excercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is reveald to the world. So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living and satisfy your old desires. You didn't know any better then. 1 Peter 1:13,14. So, then have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hopes completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. Be obedient unto God, and do not allow your life to be shape by those desires you had when you were still ignorant. " Humble yourselfs before the Lord, and He will lift you up in honor" James 4 :10. This means a re-placement in our life! We do admit we had spent alot of time with our old complusions, obessions, and habits.When weve spent alot of time in what we had done rather in front of people or sitting behind closed doors in a variety things such as (alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography/sex, co-dependency, overeatingAbuse Issues,tobacco and computers, T.V. radio,self-harm, habitual vandalism, shopping religion start by not spending time with all your old hang-ups, habits,hurts, complusions, obessions. When God removes one, you need to relace it with something postive, such as recovery meetings, church activites, twelfth steps meetings & services and volunteering ! If you don't you will open oneself for negitive character defects to return in your own life. Read these words very carefully to oneself:
43 “When an evil[a] spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order. 45 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.” Matthew 12:43-45 N.L.T. An incomplete person can take them so far down that it's even more tragic than before they had help in finding delieverence in whom they were in being filled and very stuck in old behaviors, attitudes, outlook which does bring all of those addictions. And it's only half of the battle for the person! Once we kick those addictions and old behaviors, dependency there is a huge amount of void the person own life. It must be filled because it's emptyiness that with God's Spirit and godly attitudes and actions through prayer and reading God's Word. Otherwise all of those addcitions, dependency can move in and then cause futher problems in one's own life.Just remember today's scriptures and it will be a great help to you in a person life. God Abundantly Pardons Us! Remember what I had told you about what 2 of my character flaws were it was charater that was full of negative self - image and alcohol. I had truly wasted alot of years in my own life in bars in attempting to drown it all out of my mind and heart but all it did was make all of those issues inside of self to grow worse never better. It just absolutely had toen me down to where I didn't know whom I was in my own life even as a child whom had been knifed to death by what had taken place that literally cut me to pieces and could not put me back togather. But I years later came upon some answers for me and had found some very healthy people whom had something that I desperately wanted in my own life. They seemed like they were truly happy joyous and free! And had a way for me to go just what they had offered me and it was God. I had to learn to "Yeild" to growth that went from negative to postive and had to learn their way of doing things for many, many years. I learned service work in helping others whom was just like me! Then I found another groups of people whom started teaching me about Jesus Christ and it changed me and my own life. I began to stop doubting and low self images that I had within myself in allowing the Holy Spirit to share with me, and other's whom had helped me with postive thoughts and conceptions of self along with them guiding me in my prayer time alone with the Holy Spirit in God's Word daily that I am worthy of growth and progress in growing up in the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ in being born again.
9 Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life[a] is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. 1John3:9 N.L.T. PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father; Thank You for taking me through all of those doors in teaching me the ways that I have to go in my life in the journey that I must take in my own walk in You. Now I pray for Your help in helping me be ready for all of those changes that I take being in you in my own life, give me Your strength to deal with all of those changes that I need to make in one self and to turn unto You. Allow me to accept all of those changes that You want me to make being your chld. Help me to be that person that You want me to be. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
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