Ok...So I have two younger sisters (one is biological the other was sort of adopted into our family) and they both are going through a hard time right now.They have decided to walk away from the Lord and what they know to be true and chase after the meaningless (and rather dangerous) things of this world.
To be completely honest, I've been angry and annoyed with them and their selfishness as of late.I didn't understand why they felt the need to hurt me and my parents and friends(basically everyone that REALLY loved them) and act in ways that grieves the Father.I was allowing myself to become bitter and distant from them.
I was at a cafe that I serve at on Saturday and was reading a rather interesting book.The Lord pricked my heart and revealed something to me that really made thing a bit more clear for me.
When we except Christ as our Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit begins guiding and directing our lives and molding us into the image of Christ.Our spirit yearns to know the Lord better and allow His reign in every area of our lives.But when we aren't in fellowship with the Father, when we allow ourselves to believe the lies of the enemy, Satan gets a foothold into our lives.We begin to grow apart from our Savior for whatever reason.Maybe its shame for a certain sin in our lives, or anger because of our circumstances, or the influence of the people we surround ourselves with... there are so many different ways the Enemy gets in and breathes lies to us.
(this is the part that the Lord showed me :) When we are pulling away from the Lord we are resisting the urging of the Holy Spirit. We are void of joy and the further we pull away from the Lord the more empty we become. We instead try to find different things in this world to fill the emptiness.
The Holy Spirit in us gives us the desire to want to please God and to know His heart.To run after Him and be the best we can be for the furtherance of the Kingdom.As believers we know that the only thing that matters is Jesus.He is our everything.He gives us rest.He gives us peace.He is our hope.He gives us strength.If we aren't walking with Him, we lose that.Please don't misunderstand me: I don't believe for a second that means we lose our salvation. But it does mean that there is a separation, a wall we have put up with the Father.
The Lord revealed to me in all that that they are in a very barren place right now.They are filling the void with meaningless things the world has to offer.Their hearts are longing after the comfort of Jesus but they are allowing there sin and the lies from the enemy to keep them down.
They need my prayer and love (just like everyone) but I need to love even when its hard.Even when I've been wronged.Even when they are causing me and those around me pain.I need to have unconditional love...Just like my wonderful Savior!!
