THEME: THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
(LIVING LIFE IN ERROR)
Written By: Michael C. George
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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation 4:11
Blissful new week great friends. I believe we have all been enjoying God’s mercies and grace.
This week as we continue in the “Essence of Life” series, we will be looking at different ways people have been living life in error. Having obtained the understanding that the life you possess in your being is the very life of God – the breath of the Almighty that distinguishes us from other creatures, it is needful to identify some of the ways some people live their lives in error.
ERROR 1: Living by Natural Feelings or Sensation:
I hear a lot of people say things like “It feels good to me so I did it.” Some other persons say things like “I didn’t feel like it so I didn’t do it.”
One of the greatest hindrances to the accomplishment of great things both in the Kingdom and in life’s business is “feeling.”
It is deception and to be in error if all you say and do is dependent on feelings. There is nothing as unstable as feelings therefore, it shouldn’t be a parameter, a guiding factor or the basis upon which lives are lived.
Get this truth! Feeling is the best way through which selfishness finds expression. This is because feeling is all about “self” at every point in time. It does not have regard for the effect or consequences that comes after its expression.
Your natural body is and will always be repellent to any process or activity that brings about positive advancement and development of potential, execution of responsibilities and fulfilment of destiny. it only seeks comfort, relaxation and pleasure but no great accomplishment are birthed in the crucible of these conditions. Therefore to live by natural sensation or feelings is to be in error which consequently settles an individual in the low places of insignificance, under-development, nothingness and wastefulness.
The things we say or do have lasting impact and impressions. Many a times, they are permanent in the hearts of people. so it is foolishness and erroneous for feelings which are temporary to be the foundation or determining factor for something of permanent effect to be done.
Our feelings are stimulated by our five physical sense organs and for the most part the feelings stimulated by these organs are temporal. To make decisions or take actions based on them many a times yields bad consequences. The Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians said “…the things which we see are temporal but the things which are unseen are permanent.” To live your life based on temporary pleasure, pressure, satisfaction, gain and influence is to live in error and eternal danger.
CORRECTIVE MEASURES:
Some of the corrective measures to this error include:
Living from within: Last week, we understood that our lives’ source is God and it is the source that determines the nature of its offspring. it is actually a perversion to live life from the outward (body) to inward (spirit). Humans are spirit because the very nature of the life we have on our inside is spirit.
For us to quit living by our natural feelings and begin by the inward nature the spirit which is in us has to be regenerated and that can only be done when we are born again.
Now get this – being born again does not drive away the feelings but it makes us not to be subjected to obeying and gratifying them. (Romans 8:5-10)Living by the conviction of whom you are: The life in you is of God’s and it consequently impacts the nature of God in you. Have the conviction in that you carry God’s nature of righteousness in you and focus on it. Whenever those negative feelings are stimulated, judge them based on this conviction, and you will respond rightly. Conviction is what negates emotions. Live by the conviction of what is right and do it whether it feels good or not at the moment.
Build a Value System based on who you are: Do you know who you are? (Psalm 82:6) if you answer that question correctly, it will enable you have value systems that will guide you. get this! Your will is stronger than your emotions.
Guard your gates: Your five senses are the gates of your body. You might not always have control over what approaches them but you have control over what enters through them.
Next week, we will look at another way people live their lives in error. God bless you as you stay connected and connect your friends and family to the divine truth contained in this newsletter. We love you!!!
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