WHAT’S YOUR RESPONSE?
Galatians 5
Challenges have been bombarding!
Circumstances are crowding in! People
are passing along their anxiety, fear, frustration,
and anger my direction! Life seems a tad
overwhelming to … I cannot handle it!
Does any of this sound familiar?
As challenges and circumstances overtake us, we do not need to be
overwhelmed. As we work with people, we
will not have perfect relationships because people are not perfect. We must point ourselves to the Word of God to
see how He would have us respond.
While reading Galatians 5, the Holy Spirit changed my
mind to a new way of thinking.
Stand fast in the liberty the Lord has given me. I have the power, through the Holy Spirit, to
choose a different response to life and people.
I can rise above circumstances, as if I was not involved in them, so the
Holy Spirit and I can choose a different response. I do not need to take on other people’s
anxiety, fear, frustration or anger. I
do not need to be anxious, fearful, frustrated or angry. I can help them by asking them how I
can pray for them instead. Satan is
prowling around ~ seeking whom he may devour ~ that’s us Christian. (1 Peter 5:8)
Satan does not want me to have the victory but I CAN have victory
through the Lord!
Don’t be tangled up with my past way of doing things which really is
bondage. The Lord can give me a new path
to follow ~ a new way of doing things.
When you stumble, you may ask, “I ran well … what happened? Who made me stumble from obeying the
truth?” The Bible says, “That response
did not come from the Lord!”
The Lord and I will have another mind ~ another way of thinking
as I allow Him to change me. I need to
stop and pray. He will transform my
thinking as I read His Word. (Romans
12:2)
The one who troubles me will bear his own judgment. The Lord will deal with the other person’s
responses to life. I just need to
forgive them.
I should not bite and devour anyone so I will not be consumed by
anyone. I need to serve others through love instead whether that is through
prayer, giving them a Bible verse, meeting a physical need, etc. I need to love my neighbor as myself.
I have the freedom to choose the right way to live so
here are God’s strong words to us …
WALK IN THE SPIRIT! It kills fleshly ways!
