Wow, wow, wow...I am finally seeing just how destructive and even idolatrous it is to dwell in seasons of guilt and shame. It is like I am saying…
Lord, You are my redeemer, my Savior, but only to a point. It completely belittles His sacrifice that sets us free; it glorifies the shame, making self grand, worthy of consuming thoughts, peace and time, centered around things temporal. Besides that, our salvation's potency is in the work He does to help us be ambassadors for the Kingdom, to be vessels of Love to action for OTHERS. How on earth are we to get about His work, His Cause, if we are all wrapped up in self condemnation?
Even the breaths I take feel the oxygen moving more freely throughout, not getting lost in the sludge of yeah but. I am so sorry my loves for all the years of deep ponderings, swimming in the decaying layers of shame and pity. Don't get me wrong, my patterns have developed over time, so it may resurface from time to time. Lord, to Your feet I go.
Of course salvation includes repentance, but if we remain on the guilty line, then our Savior's work of Love and Mercy is put on the back burner because we feel we deserve to fester and feed in the pool of darkness caused by what gets us into trouble in the first place… immaturity due to self, self self. If I am not mistaken, isn"t that is a form of idolatry, taking away from the only One who set us free?
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1 ESV
That verse is addressing Law versus Grace. It addresses what we can or can not do, instead of what He has already done
I am so grateful, Lord...You are so worthy to be praised. I rest in You alone.
Lord, You are my redeemer, my Savior, but only to a point. It completely belittles His sacrifice that sets us free; it glorifies the shame, making self grand, worthy of consuming thoughts, peace and time, centered around things temporal. Besides that, our salvation's potency is in the work He does to help us be ambassadors for the Kingdom, to be vessels of Love to action for OTHERS. How on earth are we to get about His work, His Cause, if we are all wrapped up in self condemnation?
Even the breaths I take feel the oxygen moving more freely throughout, not getting lost in the sludge of yeah but. I am so sorry my loves for all the years of deep ponderings, swimming in the decaying layers of shame and pity. Don't get me wrong, my patterns have developed over time, so it may resurface from time to time. Lord, to Your feet I go.
Of course salvation includes repentance, but if we remain on the guilty line, then our Savior's work of Love and Mercy is put on the back burner because we feel we deserve to fester and feed in the pool of darkness caused by what gets us into trouble in the first place… immaturity due to self, self self. If I am not mistaken, isn"t that is a form of idolatry, taking away from the only One who set us free?
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1 ESV
That verse is addressing Law versus Grace. It addresses what we can or can not do, instead of what He has already done
I am so grateful, Lord...You are so worthy to be praised. I rest in You alone.
-
2
-
1
-
1
- Show all
