We all have revelations- those moments that make you go ,’Huh huh’ or ’Oh yeah!’. I believe those are revelations. They happen whenever and wherever you are; on whatever topic! I had a revelation this morning, one that contained information that I already knew- but this morning it became more then just words on a paper. I got it deep in my soul!
Here’s a snap shot of my part of my journal entry for today (4/1/22). The power behind a revelation is exciting and gives you a rush of adrenaline. At least, that’s my feeling! It’s almost like a superpower- a strength that the Holy Spirit has given you over a topic. This came to me not because I had some major sin moment that I was repenting over. This came because I was reading Timothy and thinking about my regular ol’ normal everyday…. I have some bad habits that I relapse into whenever the devil decides.
As a parent educator, my training said these things were like a CD rom that automatically plays when we’re idle or triggered. These things could be things we picked up from our parents; yelling to get your kids attention, lashing out when your angry or when overwhelmed. Having a beer after a stressful day! Think about things that you do out of habit. Are they harmful or helpful? I only have one habit right now that falls in the helpful category! My prayer time.
My harmful things are failing to identify my emotions and releasing them, blocking out good, listening to fables instead of seeking the truth, putting my control on everything, and the big one: not putting God first. These are all things that are my weakness and they easily play-out whenever I’m not capturing my thoughts.
This is why I described it as a rubber band effect- when we are stretched thin we bounce back into a our routine habits. For me it’s the ones that I am trying so hard to break! That is why this is such a revelation for me. Jesus gave me the authority to STOP all things! Not only can we pray and ask for things- with Jesus, we have the power rebuke evil from our lives. We just have to think about what we are thinking about and hold that captive.
I often pray to have the thoughts of God and a heart like Jesus. My faith tells me that these were graciously given to all of us- it’s our free will that limits our ability to live this way. And since God has told us that our battle is not of this fleshly world, that it’s in our minds; being trapped has a whole new meaning.
These bad habits that play back are all in the mind- the warfare that reacts like a rubber band. God tells us to guard against darkness- put on His armor and be his good and faithful servant to abolish satan from our lives and minds!
What habits play in your mind? What thoughts or feelings do you have that rule your mind and negatively effect your day? How can you take them captive? What’s your stand?
Standfast and hold every thought captive to the Truth!
Love always as Jesus loves,
Tabi