It is time to humble our souls

[Blain]

I have fear, it is not fear of clowns or fear of bugs or fear the dark. I have a great fear of certain things that the human heart naturally produces, I fear pride I fear arrogance I fear stubborness and not willing to listen when I am clearly in the wrong, i fear unforgiveness I fear thinking myself better than anyone.

These are my greatest fears and because I fear them I am constantly on watch of these things to pop up and when they do I have to rebuke them, but time and time again we have to humble ourselves every day never letting our guard down because these things will easily sneak in.
Anger zeal irritation the thought of us being right and the other wrong, these are the triggers of such things and im sure many of us as we read this are being convicted including me.

I just felt in my heart to write this knowing how I have wronged God and others because of these things, yesterday I flat out had it I was very upset with God I complained and complained and complained some more and I was out of line. Today as I recall my outbursts and my complaining to him I realize I was being ungrateful selfish and and impatient. I have no excuse for my sins, it doesnt matter that I was born in a body with a sinful nature the fact of the matter every sin I make is a choice, every boastful outburst every judgmental thought and word every mocking and sarcastic words toward another is never justified.

Some say that we will be held accountable for our every word before God, others say because of grace we will not or at least not near as bad. But I hold myself accountable for my every word I hold myself responsible for my every sin, I cannot blame anyone I have no leg to stand on. So please my friends take this lesson to heart and humble yourself as to not make the same mistake I did

 

[gzusfrk]

I have fear, it is not fear of clowns or fear of bugs or fear the dark. I have a great fear of certain things that the human heart naturally produces, I fear pride I fear arrogance I fear stubborness and not willing to listen when I am clearly in the wrong, i fear unforgiveness I fear thinking myself better than anyone.

These are my greatest fears and because I fear them I am constantly on watch of these things to pop up and when they do I have to rebuke them, but time and time again we have to humble ourselves every day never letting our guard down because these things will easily sneak in.
Anger zeal irritation the thought of us being right and the other wrong, these are the triggers of such things and im sure many of us as we read this are being convicted including me.

I just felt in my heart to write this knowing how I have wronged God and others because of these things, yesterday I flat out had it I was very upset with God I complained and complained and complained some more and I was out of line. Today as I recall my outbursts and my complaining to him I realize I was being ungrateful selfish and and impatient. I have no excuse for my sins, it doesnt matter that I was born in a body with a sinful nature the fact of the matter every sin I make is a choice, every boastful outburst every judgmental thought and word every mocking and sarcastic words toward another is never justified.

Some say that we will be held accountable for our every word before God, others say because of grace we will not or at least not near as bad. But I hold myself accountable for my every word I hold myself responsible for my every sin, I cannot blame anyone I have no leg to stand on. So please my friends take this lesson to heart and humble yourself as to not make the same mistake I did

You sound human. Jesus came here and did what He did for YOU. You can overcome much through Him, I am much older than you and still struggle much.

 

[Mem]

Aww, it is so peaceful in here. How nice.

 

[breno785au]

Yes we are to watch our hearts but I dont believe God wants us to fear sin. I find continually thinking of that which is good, noble and honorable leaves no room for anything else. When I stop, other stuff tends to try and creep in.

 

[Yet]

Humility comes through tribulation, thorns in the flesh, lest our heart be uplifted for the abundance of revelations God give us.

So the more you desire Him, the more He shows you, and the more He reveals to you, the more sufferings and rejection you are called to endure. The deeper you go, the more ostracism you'll experience by the 'church'. Alone you will stand. This will help to rid yourself of pride. Pride comes before a fall. A fall will kill any pride.
Only a few will walk this obscure and lonesome path. But for that few, His secrets will be known.

 

[Marian29]

Your post touched my soul, it is so important to think about it. Sarcasm is evil, I think sarcastic people are hurted people, and enjoy hurting others with words, in a way sometime you don't even has an answer. I hate it.
I suffered with it a lot during a period of my life, when I was younger, from people close to me. It's like bullying.
I pray for people changing.
God works about it too, thanks God, nothing is impossible to Him.

 

[Blain]

Humility comes through tribulation, thorns in the flesh, lest our heart be uplifted for the abundance of revelations God give us.

So the more you desire Him, the more He shows you, and the more He reveals to you, the more sufferings and rejection you are called to endure. The deeper you go, the more ostracism you'll experience by the 'church'. Alone you will stand. This will help to rid yourself of pride. Pride comes before a fall. A fall will kill any pride.
Only a few will walk this obscure and lonesome path. But for that few, His secrets will be known.

That was amazingly wise, and also poetic

 

[crossnote]

Third Stanza from "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" says it best:

[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD]Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love:
Take my heart, oh, take and seal it
With Thy Spirit from above.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD]Rescued thus from sin and danger,
Purchased by the Savior’s blood,
May I walk on earth a stranger,
As a son and heir of God.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

• I know how easy it is for my heart to wander and that is scary. Filling our heart with God's Word does make for a sure anchor to help direct it along Godly paths and away from wandering into tar babies.

 

[elf3]

My friend we all make mistakes but we need not fear sin or this world...for Jesus conquered the world, paid the price for our sin and conquered death. For our hope now lies in Him. We are no longer controlled by sin for the Holy Spirit lives in us and where the Holy Spirit lives sin cannot live. Our God is Sovereign in control of EVERYTHING. He tell us do not worry about tomorrow for today has enough troubles of it own.

 

[JesusLives]

I get what you are saying Blain... I too posted in Midnight Confessions wanting to lash out an be mean to another poster and the argument that I was having with God about wanting to be mean. You are right in that we do need to humble ourselves and allow God to come into our hearts and change us from the inside out. Great thread.

 

[Yet]

Isaiah 48:11 .......I will not give My glory unto another.

Sometimes we want recognition, a pat on the back. After all, haven't we fought the good fight to get to where we are at?

Whoa!! We missed the mark altogether.

Jesus came serving, not to be served. Washing feet even. Setting the example. The way up is down.

We see the hustle and bustle and competition in Christendom and tend to get caught up in the fray. His glory He will not give to another. It's His.

So when we get the itch to self glorify, while not even knowing what's happening, we lose His presence, His anointing.

Now we spend much strength trying to maintain, by the flesh, that which can only be sustained by His Spirit.

Its a demonic ploy that works quite well to defuse our growth and walk with Christ. Pray God would sound the alarm and wake us up to that trap.

 

[Joidevivre]

I have fear, it is not fear of clowns or fear of bugs or fear the dark. I have a great fear of certain things that the human heart naturally produces, I fear pride I fear arrogance I fear stubborness and not willing to listen when I am clearly in the wrong, i fear unforgiveness I fear thinking myself better than anyone.

These are my greatest fears and because I fear them I am constantly on watch of these things to pop up and when they do I have to rebuke them, but time and time again we have to humble ourselves every day never letting our guard down because these things will easily sneak in.
Anger zeal irritation the thought of us being right and the other wrong, these are the triggers of such things and im sure many of us as we read this are being convicted including me.

I just felt in my heart to write this knowing how I have wronged God and others because of these things, yesterday I flat out had it I was very upset with God I complained and complained and complained some more and I was out of line. Today as I recall my outbursts and my complaining to him I realize I was being ungrateful selfish and and impatient. I have no excuse for my sins, it doesnt matter that I was born in a body with a sinful nature the fact of the matter every sin I make is a choice, every boastful outburst every judgmental thought and word every mocking and sarcastic words toward another is never justified.

Some say that we will be held accountable for our every word before God, others say because of grace we will not or at least not near as bad. But I hold myself accountable for my every word I hold myself responsible for my every sin, I cannot blame anyone I have no leg to stand on. So please my friends take this lesson to heart and humble yourself as to not make the same mistake I did

Oh Blain - You have your eyes on yourself too much. If you keep your eyes on Jesus - study him - rest in His love for you - see His compassion, etc. you will begin to change. Not by taking your spiritual temperature all the time.

We are changed by what we focus on. You become what you look at.

Enjoy more of Jesus. You will find you will become what you want to become.

 

[Joidevivre]

Blain - this is for you to know. Each morning I will blog something about Jesus (too big to send you through personal message). It will be on "blogs". Read it and meditate on each aspect of Jesus. You will enjoy all these attributes. But more than just reading about them, interact with the Lord on each point. Give thanks.

All of Him is now in you. You just have had your eyes on yourself too much to see all of it. Looking at ourselves only makes us see all of our faults. God doesn't see them. He only sees the blood of Christ upon you. Now it is time for you to only look at Jesus.

Enjoy tomorrow morning. Remember, I'm about 3 hours behind you, but it will be there. Called "Jesus is"....

 

[Yet]

Ecclesiastes 1:18 for in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorry.

The humility factor of gaining His perspectives.

 

[pickles]

Blain, you are so right in speaking to humility.
Like you lately, I constantly look not just to my words, but thoughts, any injury, any offence as an act of pride.
For it is only in compleat humilty, that we come, not just to know the mind of Jesus, but the foundation of His perfect love.
For Jesus's love sets all aside, becomeing the least for anothers sake.
Humilty, being least, setting self aside, it is only in this, that we are relieced from self, and come to understand the perfect love of Jesus Christ is Lord come in the flesh.
We cannot do this our selves, only in Jesus is this humility possible, and by Him, there is trully peace, joy, and perfect love.

God bless
pickles

 

[Jackson123]

yup, we have to ask the Lord to teach us to be humble everyday. Humbleness make us happy. Pride produce terrible felling. That is my experience as a pride performer though I don't have anything to proud of.

 

[JesusIsAll]

On being humble before God, one of the greatest verses in the Bible, with tells us what God wants, is Micah 6:8,

He hath shown thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

 

[Yet]

Type in 'Others may, You Cannot'. God had me read that tract when I first got saved. My life has been a life of 'No'!

What others were allowed to do 'church wise' , He held us back. A very excruciatingly painful thing....for decades. But I'm so glad He said 'No'! He's revealed many things to us in secret. Through rejection, slander, and unbelievable pain, His truths came through. No boasting here. We are mere worms. Vessels broken a thousand times on the Potter's wheel.
Not a fun road to travel but a very rewarding road indeed.

 

[Blain]

Type in 'Others may, You Cannot'. God had me read that tract when I first got saved. My life has been a life of 'No'!

What others were allowed to do 'church wise' , He held us back. A very excruciatingly painful thing....for decades. But I'm so glad He said 'No'! He's revealed many things to us in secret. Through rejection, slander, and unbelievable pain, His truths came through. No boasting here. We are mere worms. Vessels broken a thousand times on the Potter's wheel.
Not a fun road to travel but a very rewarding road indeed.

While I agree we should take the place of being mere worms there is a difference of being humble and actually seeing ourselves as lowly worms. I place myself last before all others not because I am not worth anything or because I am like the worms in the dirt but because even if I was someone of great importance in the kingdom of God or high ranked in his kingdom I choose to be last so that God and others may be glorified.

We all see ourselves as sinners not even worthy to speak his name and in a sense we are right but I don't think this is how he wants us to see ourselves. He constantly calls us his children kings and priests, so I think this is who he wants us to see ourselves while at the same time be willing to be the least. Jesus was a perfect example of this, he is and was a king who came to this earth in a lowly state to walk amongst us, the king washed the apostles feet which was the role of a servant not a regular person and especially not a king. Back then the servants washed peoples feet and Jesus with all his kingship and all his humility placed himself as the servant. That truly is fascinating to me

 

[Yet]

Psalm 22 tells the story of total dependence on God. The words 'I am a worm' speaks to that total dependence with no confidence in the flesh as Paul resounded.