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🖤 Emotional Muscles 🖤
It was a promising day! Still, while I was having breakfast, I began to meditate on: The active and passive obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is a necessary subject to learn, I pondered. My mind was flooded with a sweet and soulful inspiration to write. And without getting up from the breakfast table, I started to jot some words.
My day radiated glory with such a thought, but the bright rays of inspiration for writing suddenly began to dim. A whirlwind of injustice and slander tried to occupy my space. I ran to my defense and indeed, He raised my head!
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.” (Prov.18:10 MEV)
After praying, the Lord answered and everything was back to the normal joy.
But, a few hours later the turmoil rose again, stirring the most intimate part of me. Even more unbearable now.
To appease my emotions, I read the Book of Jonah and his case was much deeper than mine. So, I decided to take a nap like Jonah did. When he woke up he had a profound revelation from God. Although it was a terrifying awakening, he caught the message.
I also caught a revelation of my sudden turmoil. I wanted to learn about the active and passive obedience of the Lord. And these turmoils were just object lessons for me.
A revelation is something you experience, you live it . It’s not just a look at a subject. Through all these contradictions, I kept my eyes fixed on the Lord. And the way in which the Lord could have active and passive obedience was by keeping His eyes fixed on His Father.
So this was my object lesson! My emotional muscles were stretched and strengthened by His obedience. His obedience equips me to have peace in the midst of the cruelest situation.
“For You have been a refuge for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.” (Psalms 61:3 MEV).
This is my Story? What’s Yours?
The Essence of Freedom
The essence of freedom is to choose according to our strongest inclination we have at the moment.
According to Jonathan Edwards, a philosophical theologian, the mind is the faculty of thinking and the will is the faculty of choosing.
According to him all choices are caused by something and in the final analysis, it is inclination. Choices are driven by inclinations and disposition. The choice is what we deem to be pleased to us. If I have a physical crave to eat, I am conscious that my mind is making a judgment of what is good for me.
Conflict of Desires
If the doctor says I should lose thirty pounds for my health. I agree, it is the right thing to do and I am all for it.
Imagine you have finished enjoying a Thanksgiving Dinner and your stomach is full and you have no desire to eat. And since we have a natural ability to make choice, this is a brilliant moment to exercise that ability.
But, what happen in six hours later? The conflict of physical desires will manifest. You’re craving for food and at this moment your strongest inclination is for food. Then you make your choice according to your strongest inclination.
We are Volitional Creatures
God created us with natural ability, moral ability, free will and freedom.
The graciousness of God’s grace is beyond explanation and it is by grace that we are saved, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The real person is a spirit, has a soul (mind, will, feelings, emotions), and lives in a body which houses the total person. When we are born, our spirit is dead to God, but His grace steps in …
“But God’s mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great, that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God’s grace that you have been saved.” (Ephesians 2:4-5 GNT).
With the will we have the natural ability to make choice and if you’re reading this article, God Almighty is extending a loving invitation to you:
“Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food.” (Isaiah 55:2 NLT).
You can accept this gracious invitation by praying:
“I acknowledge that I am a sinner, I believe the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe He died for my sins and He raised from the dead to justify me. I receive the Lord Jesus as my Savior. Thank you, Father God. Amen.”
When you do this, you will enjoy the finest food that it is the perfect peace that passes all understanding. The Lord bless you in this exciting adventure.
This is my Story! What’s Yours?
