Whoa! I’m doing some journaling in my Journibles for
Galatians and was totally convicted. (Love
these Journibles.)
This however, was a good conviction – a clarifying conviction.
“Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of
wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness,
revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told
you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the
kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21
How many countless times have we all read this part of
scripture and just skimmed over the words?
(Did you do it just now?) We
haven’t murdered anyone; we are not into idol worship or the other stuff in
there – of course because we are all perfect, right?! Well, I was convicted because my flesh was
exposed – not my physical flesh, ladies but the works of my flesh. Here’s the story:
Recently, our family went camping with other families and I took
it upon myself to organize the meals. We
were to all bring such and such to share.
From what I understood it was all good and everyone was on board. However, over and over during the weekend I heard
questions about the food list. We were
coming up short in some things and I felt like everyone was blaming me. Well, the burden of it built up so much so
that at one point I yelled the loudest I may have ever yelled before, and said,
“That’s IT!...” I don’t remember every word but I was angry and frustrated. I POPPED!
You see, the evidence that I was not walking in the Spirit
was that I blew up in the flesh. My buttons
were pushed and I popped out what I had been putting in. If you saw me that day you would have said, “but
Laura, you did your devotions this morning, why didn’t that come out?” Good question, I asked that too! The clear answer was that I was just going through
the motions. <jaw drop> I was caught!
Are you caught, too?
What comes out when your buttons are pushed?
Fill yourself with the truth whether it’s just meditating on
one verse all week or a whole chapter, etc.
Better to pop out that verse than your flesh!