The Reality Choice: Admit You Need Help (by Rick Warren) God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble. (James4:6) In Jesus most famous sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, he explains the choices that help us heal from our hurts and hang-ups, and the habits that mess up our lives. The first Beatitude, Matthew 5:3, says, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. What does it mean to be poor in spirit? Jesus is saying that nobody gets into Heaven who is full of pride. We get there by grace. To be poor in spirit, you must humbly admit you need help. Jesus said, The truth will set you free. Youve got to face the truth about yourself and stop living in denial. We call this the reality choice. But the truth is, we dont like the truth. We love the truth about everybody else, but we dont like the truth about ourselves. It feels a whole lot safer to avoid the truth about yourself because it is painful to face. Tithe truth will set you free, but first it makes you miserable when you realise what needs changing in your life. The good news is your habits and your hurts and your hang-ups can be healed. The bad news is it takes humility. Youve got to humble yourself and swallow your pride. James 4:6 says, God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble. There are some facts that you need to admit about yourself if Gods going to bless your life, and the first one is this: You are broken. We live in a broken World where nothing works perfectly. The economy doesnt work perfectly, our relationship dont work perfectly, and our bodies dont work perfectly. Everybodys confused today. They dont know what theyre supposed to be or what theyre supposed to do. Weve confused attitudes, attractions, and addictions. Even our identities are confused. Yet, all you have to be is yourself. But that includes the understanding youre broken! And thats OK, because once you make a choice to admit it, youre on the path of humility, which leads to grace. And Gods grace will cover your brokenness, hurts, habits, and hang- ups. Thats good news! I ask the Holy Spirit the gift of wisdom and knowledge, to be able to humble ourselves and glorify God. I pray this in Jesus name, amen.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:19:07 +0000
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