Truth Minute: Turn DOWN Your Flesh (Spirit of Compromise)
Tough times are fertile ground for compromise. Prosperity Gospel is attractive when you need money in the church account. Distancing yourself is attractive when you are tired of accountability. Manipulation is attractive when prayer is not yielding immediate results. Transactional relationships are attractive when covenant requires personal commitment. Someone “else” is attractive when intimacy and respect are not mutually understood. Motivational speaking on Sunday is attractive when you lose members by preaching holiness. Living together is attractive when the cost of becoming “one” is too great. Emotionalism is attractive when faith and obedience brings suffering…..
We all “think” or do many of the above but there comes a time when the insanity and mediocrity must take a back seat to the plan God has for you. “Remember, YOU will get no further than where you ARE by trying to carry the same mindset into a place that requires a different one”. It will always be hard to do right..to suffer with Christ is to reign with him…So be encouraged, drop the excuses for things that you brought upon yourself, realize that things will not get any better until you stick with the plan even when what you see on the surface contradicts what God has said.
Philippians 3:13-15 (NLT)
13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
15 Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.
Never ever compromise when trials and tests come! For the devil knows that when you DO you will “lose” credibility and the “power” to make lasting changes.#timetogrowup #maturity #nevercutcornersyouwillalwaysgoincircles
