Sep. 16, 2008 - Some personal insights.
I have been learning a lot about God and myself lately.
I have a copy of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers and sometimes I remember to read it. Last week I read something quite profound, or at least it was to me. He wrote, "The warfare is not against sin; we can never fight against sin-Jesus Christ conquered that in His redemption of us."
I know, I know, that seems like kind of a duh statement. Yet how often do I find myself trying to fight on my own? Well since you don't really know me I'll have to tell you: Daily. I realized that my thinking was skewed. I knew that I had been set free but instead of letting God really free me I tried to take the reigns and be free on my own.
That doesn't make sense, I know. It does in my head but not when I type it out. A great communicator I am not.
I "know" this and let my "knowledge" precede my belief of faith. I try to take over and fix myself, try to conquer my own sin.
I can't tell you how many times I have had this thought run through my head: There are so many things wrong in my life that I don't even know where to start!
Why did I think I had to start anywhere but Faith??? Seriously? It's crazy because I have said time and time again to other people, "God doesn't expect us to come to Him perfect, that's His job! He takes an imperfect yet willing, yielding vessel and does a great work in them."
So is this my actual first step in letting go my perfectionism?
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