Tonight I went to a pentecostal service with a friend. The thing that stuck me most was at the end of the service when they broke out into teams and started praying for people who came to ask for prayer... My Friend sat there and so did I watching what all was going on with the people there. I had that little voice in my head come to me and say, "Go get prayer over Lust!" but yet I sat there... thinking about how much I am not sure about these people and if it is really something of God (the thought and the people). Then a devotional from my mentor came to my mind, because it talked about how I have been very analytical in my thoughts and actions of my life. Before I will do anything I have to sit back and study it, make sure it is Biblical and correct, but God in this time was telling me to dive in! "What? You can be serious God? Dive into something I don't understand or talk to people I don't know thus not sure if I can trust them?" So I sat there some more when my friend had her Bible open and showed me a verse in Ezekiel 14:4-6;
Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet, I the LORD will answer him myself in keeping with his great idolatry. I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.'
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!
After that I was like okay, God I believe you now (two signs should have been more than enough). So I went up there I told them that I was struggling with lust. They told me that my body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit and that there is a spirit that is attacking me. The spirit of lust, and it is a illegal alien in the Temple of the Holy Spirit. And that when I am tempted that I need to claim the blood of Christ and keep claiming it and telling it to leave in the name of Christ. Because of the power of the blood! I feel that it was something that I needed to hear. I mean if God called me three times... ha ha
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That's sweet... I am glad you were able to step out in faith - And I'm even more glad that we serve a God who will prod us along to follow Him into His ways - even when we may not understand or appreciate them at first.
ReplyDeleteIt is also so powerful to consider the consequences of our choices and to take them seriously.
I was reading today an article about how when we make a choice against Christ, we are serving to build up the kingdom of Satan on this earth. And that thought alone is enough to disgust my heart!!! There is no way I want my life to add one single brick to Satan's temple. Sick.
Even when we don't think our sins (especially the private ones such as lust) affect others - they most certainly do. And, I'm glad you reminded me of this last week as well... I need constant reminders on the severity of sin's consequences. I tend to get so lax in the small sins sometimes.
Anyways, keep walking strong Jermaine. You encourage.