Spirit filled people, you all are different. You don’t panic, you don’t get upset, you don’t yell and scream. You already know how this story will end but you also still have to read through the chapters to get there.
Spirit filled people understand the foolishness of God is still higher than the wisdom of man. No need to throw your arms up in frustration, keep your peace.
Just observe and watch. I can say I forgot that for a bit and did indeed look like a fool. But, I also got to observe. And I realized just how fractured people can be. Even hypocritical. I got to compare how I was to what I am and what I hoped to be.
And I remain disgusted by what I was, enjoying who I am, and hopeful to what I will become. more open to learn, more likely to listen, more knowledgable of what I consume. Still very much a procrastinator.
I spoke with God the other day and asked for forgiveness for being lazy and slothful. Because, the more I thought about what I should be doing versus what I am doing, I find myself not doing what I should but doing what I shouldn’t. This beings to mind what the Apostle Paul was speaking of when he said that the things he wants to do, he doesn’t. But he does the things he doesn’t want to do. (had to go back and fact check myself on this because, anytime you start to quote the Word of God, you tread on dangerous waters)
Let me explain the part in parenthesis real quick.
The Word of God is the most powerful book in all of existence. So powerful, people have used it to gain power over others. It has been misquoted and deciphered incorrectly so much that you can point to major points of history where it was at the center of it all. Honestly, you can look at pop culture and see how it was used as a plot device in movies, music, and other forms of media. But let’s be direct on this.
Even right now, the Bible is being misquoted and misinterpreted for people to use it as a license to live their lives contrary to God. Let me further explain. My favorite book of the Bible is the Book of Romans. Within this book (it’s actually a letter), The Spirit leads the Apostle Paul to explain the fall of man, the need for the Law of God that was delivered by Moses. How the Law exposed sin, how the Law still came up short, and why we ultimately needed Jesus.
During the course of giving this amazing explanation, Paul is lead to ask an important question (this comes after what I have always felt was a powerful chapter in Chatper 5, let me go reread that real quick)
After reading Chapter 5, and part of Chatper 6, the point remains. Shall we, who have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, continue to sin so grace may abound? No. How shall we, who though baptism, have partaken in the death of Christ which means we have died to sin. Who have, through baptism, risen to life in Christ, now continue to do the thing we have died to?
To die to sin is also to seek repentance. To repent is to “turn away”, why seek to return to the life you have “turned away” from? Doesn’t mean you will be perfect. You will NEVER be perfect. But you shouldn’t continue to seek willful disobedience to God as you did prior to salvation. Through Salvation though, you will learn thew truth of sin, death, and eternity.
