A lot of times God will reveal to us things about ourselves. We intellectually embrace those truths and sincerely feel that we have had a life changing experience. However, revelation does not always or automatically equal transformation. The bible teaches us in Romans 12:2 to let God transform you by changing the way you think; by changing your mind. Sometimes, we mistake that mental or verbal assent or that warm emotional reaction for change. As a result, we perpetuate our own bondage. We may temporarily, succeed with a shift, and later find ourselves falling back into the same bondage because we didn’t actually change. “You can not fix a spiritual problem with a physical sacrifice”. There must be a change of our minds. That takes honesty and effort and the therapeutic Word of God.
Too often, God will turn on the light of Truth for us so that we can see in order to set us free. But we still walk around with our eyes closed in the darkness of emotionalism, slothfulness, pride and/or selfishness, lacking self-denial and godly purpose living. We’re still stuck in personal pleasure living.
Therefore, between your revelation and your transformation, there has to be intentional dedication to those things that make for true change that glorify God. You have to position yourself to have a transformed mind; not just position yourself to have transformed circumstances.
God is not our genie in a bottle. Neither is He about fulfilling our desires that have nothing to do with fulfilling His desire to be glorified. Many of us are so disconnected from our godly purpose that we can’t even connect the dots between our disconnect from our purpose and Divinely orchestrated denials and detours. We’re not denied because we have dishonorable desires. We’re denied because we have disconnected desires.
What we desire in life hasn’t centered itself around pleasing God or bringing Him glory of any kind. It’s really just about us. Remember, we were created for God’s good pleasure, not our own. Praising God for a blessing isn’t the same as glorifying God with and for a blessing.
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this.
Psalm 37:4-5
*Tressa Jo
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