When you are involved in an unpleasant situation, do you naturally look at the other party as the reason for it? I’m not saying that you are wrong for doing that because in some cases it could very well be because of someone else’s role that the situation occurred.
But this is what I want you to think about for a minute…could it be YOU? I know you have examples for me that prove that it is not always you or it never has been you that caused a situation to go south. However, hear me out.
I’ve shared my testimony with you many times, but since I haven’t blogged in a year (and I hope that I will have some new followers) I will give you a little bit of my story. Thank God it has been over 7 years now since I suffered with major depression. During the latter part of my dark journey I started asking myself and God why did I get to the place that I was in? Well talking to myself I could explain a lot of my demise by pointing my finger at others.
God took me in another direction. He pointed his finger at me! Me?! I did this to myself?! But I didn’t fuss with God, I just listened, because at that point in my life that is all I could do. I humbled myself and listened to God. I allowed God to show me, myself. Wow, what a journey that was; not pleasant at all. What it did for me though was examine every choice that I had made. The good, bad, and the ugly.
It was then that my life began to change…for the better. I learned the most life lessons during this season of my life. If you want to truly be free and walk in a better relationship with not only yourself, but God and others, you would embrace self-examination.
Would you agree that God only wants the best for you? When He cares, he wants to show you ways that may be contrary to the what the world teaches you. He wants to move you into a new level of “trusting” Him. And if you can’t trust Him with your life, your entire life, than you have a lot to learn my friend.
Give yourself a chance to be the “best” you and trust God to show you, you.
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within ME.” Psalm 51:10 NIV
Blessings, Lisa
