Monday, February 18, 2008

ME ME ME

Whining and complaining will get you nowhere. How many times have you heard a parent tell their child this. Or maybe, how many times have you been told this. You see when we are complaining, we are usually just thinking of ourselves. Me, Me, Me...... There are a lot of times when we think people are out to get us, talking about us, etc. I know when I see people whispering, I immediately think they are talking about me. Now why do you suppose this is? Why do I think, that I am so important, that people would want to be talking about me? Really, think about it, when we get suspicious of others whispering, we are once again caught up in ourselves. You might say this is a form of insecurity, yes maybe that is true, but the real reason is pride, and being caught up in yourself. Another form of being all into yourself, is when you constantly complain or whine about your health, my back hurts, my stomach hurts, my feet & legs hurt, my head hurts, etc. When we are saying these things over and over again, we are actually filling up our thought process with these things, and we leave no room for anything else but pain. How can we be healed if we are constantly telling ourselves we are ill? We can't. You see, if we were quoting scriptures over our illnesses, or if we were quoting scriptures about what God says about us, that we are the righteousness of Christ Himself, then we would not be able to feel ill, or we would not be concerned with what others are saying. We would not be spending time worrying if they are talking about us, or we would not be spending time claiming pain over ourselves over and over. This is where we would be meditating on the word and what God says and not worried about what others say, or what circumstances say. And then this brings us back to what we have spent a great deal of time on and that is walking in the Love of Christ. If we would practice this, then we would not be falling into Satan's trap of condemning ourselves. And that is what we are doing when we walk in pride.


1 Phil. 2 vs 14...Do all things without complaining and disputing.....

1 Phil. 4 v 6-8....Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things.....

This is telling us that we are to meditate on what is of God, on good things and not bad, in other words don't keep telling yourself over and over how bad you feel, how much pain you are in, because you are meditating on the things of the devil and of darkness, instead of things of Christ and the light. And when you meditate on the bad then you are letting the enemy win and have control over your thoughts. If you will stay in God's word, and meditate on His word, then you will regain control over your thoughts, and the devil will have to flee and you can then receive your healing. So read your love chapter again.

1 Cor. 13 vs 4-8....Love suffers long and is kind, love does not envy, love does not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.....

Neta

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