"Can I See YOU In The Bible?"

W.O.E Member,
 

Avoiding the truth has become the easiest thing to do amongst people today. Remember how back in the day, someone would correct you and you would accept it because you see it in yourself? Well now, all people have to do is say, "that isn't me" or "you just a hater". After these statements, the obligation of correction is no longer a problem of theirs...or so it seems. You see, the enemy's job is to deceive you. Any way that he can accomplish this, he will most definitely do so. If the enemy can get you to defeat yourself though, you have done his job for him. In avoiding the correction and not doing a self check, you have told yourself that you don't have this issue. The easiest thing to do is to make someone else feel like they have the problem when they brought up the issue. The clubs, streets and bars are all filled with people who don't think they have problems but now it has even spilled over into the church. Perfect people serving a perfect God....how is this even possible? If you are perfect, you would have no need of God! Also for the ones that just say, "I know I'm not perfect", if you were to ask them what their issues are, they really couldn't tell you. We don't do enough self checks as people, then we wonder why things continue to happen in that same area. James 1:23-25 (ESV) says, "For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing." We look in the mirror and we see the makeup, the nicely shaved face or the attractiveness but never the flaws. The bible is the mirror we need to look into. We should be a reflection of its teachings.
 

I know correction doesn't feel good but its necessary for growth. When someone is correcting you, before you label them as a hater...search yourself and you may see that they are in fact, a lover. Always strive to be a better person with the bible as your standard. Don't let the enemy break you down while God is trying to build you up. Don't get caught up in the REsource, just stick to THE SOURCE.

Be blessed!

 

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