Self.

in HeartChurch2 years ago

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1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Self is a terrible enemy that many of us have mistaken for a very good friend because it is part of us. Self remains intact, as long as it is not threatened with the crucifying power of the cross. Self is subtle, unreliable and does not allow many to come to their God's full potential because of it lies and whining.

This is why it must be crucified at all cost and we must never pity it when we are applying the kingdom measures. These are the things that self hate when we intend to crucify it:

  1. Lengthy prayers, especially Kingdom driven ones which aren't based on good life, but the cross life only. Staying long in God's presence weakens self more and more.

  2. Fastings often are never the ways of self. I don't mean religious ones, but personal ones, in order to crucify self.

  3. Meditation is never the way of self because it prefers copy and paste to making diligent research in the Word of God and also, hearing God's Word for faith to come kills self.

  4. Walking in the Spirit is also never the way of self. For this practice always put self under the control of God.

  5. Praise is not the way of self, especially when the expectations are yet to come from God.

  6. Silence is also not the way of self. Self is a talkative, pretending to be a preacher or announcer.

  7. Self glories in show off, but God loves to first hide us before He reveals us in Christ Jesus to the world. Self must be crucified before we can be deep spiritually. We must launch war on self continually.

Galatians 5:24 (NIV)

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

This shouldn't be taken lightly because this is what undermines spiritual power. The unnoticeable truth by many is that the soul (the center of self) is trying hard to act as if it is the spirit (the new creation). No wonder the Scripture says that the word that God speaks is living and powerful, piercing to the division of the soul and spirit........ That is, God speaks to us to divide first the soul from the spirit before pure spirituality can begin to take place.

For many believers mistake the actions of their souls for spirituality only for them to realize later in life that they have yielded themselves to the subtility of self. Another point that self is greatly threatened by is that it prefers work to watch. How do I mean? Work is good, but to watch is the best because it is of the Spirit. For when we watch first, we will come to know the kind of work to be done. However, work can't produce watch.

Finally, self doesn't concur with kingdom giving. So when the Lord says that it is more blessed to give than to receive. This is hard on self because it is self-centered and greed-centered. Therefore, the crucifying work of the cross must be applied to self, if we intend to be spiritually hot with an ever increasing fervor. We must ensure the crucifixion of self and its burial over the time by being consistent with God the Father in obedience.


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