My perspective has shifted tonight, especially with managing emotions and reactions to situations and this teaching has come alive for me in a whole new way.
Good Morning FA,
I wanted to share this now so I don’t forget later. I just woke up a few minutes ago from a dream. I saw myself upset and trekking a long distance trying to get to my destination. In my heart, I knew/felt there was an initial plan for getting there but I just didn’t have the patience to wait. After trekking for a long time, I came up with a supposed “short cut” and I knew I had no business entering that area because the people there were evil but because I was emotional, I kept going hoping that just this one time I will be able to pass.
As I got closer, I noticed the place was full of water & crossing this water was the only way out. Immediately their leader noticed me, he started swimming towards me with full force and I could see the anger in his eyes. It was at that point that stubbornness cleared from my eyes and I realised the danger I was truly in & fear overcame me.
Just as he was about to grab me, someone came from the opposite direction, grabbed me and got me out of there. Immediately, I woke with my heart pounding in my chest and the Holy Spirit began to explain to me that this is what it looks like when we walk into self-inflicted trials. He made me understand that sometimes, we are saved just in the nick of time by mercy while other times, we have been ensnared first and the mission objective is to break us out of that captivity.
Two things that I did note in this dream:
1. All through the journey I knew somewhere on the inside that I was making the wrong call but I didn’t stop because I was feeding my flesh.
2. Before actually getting into the danger zone, I was presented with an opportunity to not proceed but I didn’t take it.
The Holy Spirit made it clear that because we have him we always know when we are walking into self-inflicted trials but we keep going because the flesh has been fed and taken over. He reminded me of the illustration from yesterday with the farmer and his two dogs – whichever you feed prevails.
When we walk in the flesh, we give the enemy legal rights over ourselves. They can do whatever they like because we are now in their territory but we thank God for His mercy that pulls us out of these situations.
My perspective has shifted tonight, especially with managing emotions and reactions to situations and this teaching has come alive for me in a whole new way. My sensitivity to my environment must be heightened at all times.
The devil tempts us in all sorts of ways just so we can give him an opening into our lives to bring about destruction & it is only by being yielded to the spirit and sharpening our sensitivity that we are kept safe.
Thank you so much for taking us through this series. God bless you, Sir.
EFE
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