Day thirty-six: The norm isn't our way.

This week, I am learning to be careful of unguarded statements.

There are those statements that I have made in the past which have influenced a lot of my actions. 

We must be very vigilant and careful of our utterances because they have the ability to imprison us. 

Some statements I had made about my life put me in a place where I thought they would surely come to pass. This bothered me a lot of times and prevented me from embracing change. The truth is, sometimes, these flashes recur but to God's Glory, I am learning to be deaf towards them and I move on as if nothing happened. 

Also, I have come to realise that some members of the Kingdom sometimes make statements and accept certain things as normal although these statements are not our reality as believers.

So we hear that some people have ‘fallen’ in their faith walk and because of this, we have come to accept it as the norm where we believe that our walk must be characterised by rising and falling, like someone's heartbeat on an electrocardiogram.

Beloved !!!

Yes, people fall but that does not make falling the acceptable norm of our Christian walk. 

I am pushing for a change in mindsets my dear; our minds must be renewed by the washing of the Word. Does God’s Word not tell us that the path of the righteous is like sun that shines unto the perfect day? Yes, it takes great discipline and 'yieldedness' to get to this point but does that mean it is unattainable? 

C'mon.

The fact that things may not be functioning in the way they should is not enough reason to classify them as the 'norm'. 

So, I realise that I have a problem with being on time but does this mean I should accept lateness as my reality?

Yes, believers are falling sick and going through a lot but is this our reality as Kingdom-dwellers? 

What I am noticing is that many of us proclaim Christ but live according to the Wisdom of the World. I make that mistake too. 

Look, we are not earth dwellers but Kingdom-dwellers. We need to be alert lest we find ourselves in quagmires where we make certain proclamations and accept certain things as normal when the Word of God says the exact opposite.

Look inwardly… I believe you have made such a mistake as I have in the past. For how long are we going to accept these things? For how long are we going to entertain the devil? I believe there is Grace available for us to be wise enough to accept what Daddy’s Word says as our norm and not what the wisdom of this world says should be our norm.

With love,

Sharing Life.