Annoyed When something irritates or annoys us do we rebuke it or do we surrender that to God to remove our irritated reaction? Is our spirit that is united with Christ’s spirit irritated? No, our spirit is one with the Spirit of Christ and wants what He wants. It is our flesh that is irritated. Flesh is enmity with God. It doesn’t want spiritual things. Don’t expect it to. We can’t reform our flesh. Our natural self, our flesh was…
As believers, we desire to be refined by God to bring Him honor and be used by Him. But the process of refining isn’t something that feels good, nor does it give us an emotional high. God accomplishes the refining during the normal course of life. On our average day we don’t notice it or recognize it but typically are irritated and complain wishing life would be better. God uses those closest to us to reveal our inner character so…
I know this post is a little long, but will you have a conversation with me about life’s little irritations? I was just listening to a preacher, a well-known preacher, talking about standing firm. With the armor of God, on us— the whole armor of God. And to be able to stand and to fight the spiritual warfare. But it left me with some questions. What did he mean exactly by spiritual warfare in my daily life? I’m not in…
