I'm calling this, "The Trust Your Heart Illusion".
I've heard a lot of Christians say things like, “lean on the ones you love” or “believe in yourself”.Just some of Satan's illusions to take our eyes off Jesus. I don’t understand, if you know Christ you should know that He is the [ONLY] one you should be believing in, the [ONLY] one you should be leaning on. God is [FAITHFUL]. People lie, cheat, steal, fail, fall, use, abuse, and leave. People are [SINNERS] . It’s a sickness fatal to the soul. There’s only one cure, and it won’t be found in anyone around you. It’s all laid out in Proverbs 3:5-6, ”Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Trust in [HIM], not in people, lean [NOT] on your own understanding. He will direct your path. Right there in black and white, on page 793 in my bible, I’m commanded to trust [ONLY] in Him, to lean not on my understanding. Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
“Follow your heart,” there’s another phrase I hear a lot. Again, we’re back to who are we supposed to follow?? Psalms 44:21, “Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.” Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Well, the heart is not trust worthy. Out of the heart are the issues of life. Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” The heart is deceitful [ABOVE ALL THINGS].
When if comes to the world pushing the illusion of you and I being in control, don’t believe it. Satan is very subtle in the ways he uses to take our eyes off of Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross. Only Jesus can keep that heart alive, beating for Him, living for Him.
~Beautifully Created 4 Christ~
~2 Timothy 2:12~
I agree with you. The Bible says that we should trust in the Lord with all our hearts. That means that we should give Him everything and not try to control what happens in our lives ourselves. I heard a song that the lyrics said "A me that says I'm in control til the day that I die." I think that everyone has that voice telling them that. And you know what? It's the devil saying that. The song goes on to say "...and I don't know why, I push, I pull, I fight, I fall, I end up crawling back to that place where I figure it out, that I that I, that I". The world will push you until you break. And we will push and pull, fight and we will fall. But we all must figure this one thing out. That we are SECOND to One.
ReplyDelete"I'm second to One Redeemer, the way the light,
"I'm second to One, the Savior, no compromise,
"I'm laying every at the foot of the cross, my pride, my life my all.
"I'm second to One, but He's second to none."
That song is so true that we don't even know what to say. Just that it's true. I challenge you to go listen to that song and really LISTEN to the lyrics. So many people don't really listen to the lyrics of songs but this song really is one of those that you should. The song is called "I am Second" and it's by the Newsboys.
He truly is second to none! I will look it up. :)
DeleteThanks for sharing! :)
~Beautifully Created 4 Christ~
Very will put, it's a big myth to spoof among young people and some old. Self can be very selfish- we should always make our thought's captive to the Holy Spirit for guidance and reproof.
ReplyDeleteI love Blogging, it's not that I am teaching others. It's what God is teaching me-- and I just get to share it. Keep up the good writing!
Aunt Celina