Mask, Medicate and Manipulate

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 280

May 31, 2016

I have been fighting a chest cold/sinus bunch of junk since Saturday. I am taking an over the counter medicine that puts me in, as my daughter calls it, a medicine fog.

When you are in a medicine fog it is sometimes hard to tell if you are getting better or not.  I believe I am but because of the medicine fog I am not sure.

A medicine fog also keeps me from focusing on the things I need to focus on and even though I am skipping this morning’s dose so I can get something done I know I am rambling in my thoughts and my writing. It stays in your system for a while.

So since I am not thinking clearly bear with me, but Suppose we get in a Spiritual Fog when we start medicating with the things of the world.

Pastor Rick said in a sermon a while back that we Mask, Medicate and Manipulate our problems and situations when we do not deal with the root but only with the fruit of a situation or problem.

The symptoms I am dealing with are only the symptoms. The root of the problem is infection and along with prayer I am taking some medicine to hopefully clear this up.

In our lives we need to ask God to show us the root of the problems we are dealing with.  Is hurt, bitterness or unforgivness the root of our discontent or criticism or anger?  Is past rejection the root of always having to be right?

When there is pain in our body it indicates a physical problem.  When there is pain in our spirit man it indicates a spiritual problem.

Let’s look this morning at things that, to use a familiar phrase, push your button.  I challenge you today to take a closer look and ask God to help you see the deeper issue. Why does that particular thing or things always affect you with anger, irritation, depression or any other emotion?

Is there something that always causes an adverse reaction in you?  Dig deeper and find the root and you will be free from that thing forever.

I believe Jesus bore stripes for my healing and desires me to be well and whole, but what will I do if prayer and the medicine I am taking do not clear up my cold/sinus stuff? I will go to the Doctor to get something that will be more effective.

What can we do when the prayer and confessions we are making do not heal the symptoms of an out of whack spirit?  Go to the Father God and ask Him to reveal the deeper problems and wounds and hurts that need to be dealt with.

We must get to the root.  If we can pull up all the roots of hurts, confusion and bitterness that we have allowed down in our innermost being, we can be a productive child of almighty God and change the world around us.

Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV)
²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 19:12 (KJV)
¹² Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Psalm 51:2 (KJV)
² Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

My desire for each of us is that we be free from roots of rejection, bitterness, hurts and confusion that we have deep inside us, so we can walk in the freedom God intended.

What is deep inside you? Let our loving Heavenly Father set you free.

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Father, in Jesus precious name I come to you. I lay my deepest self before you and ask you to cleanse me from everything that is not of you.  I am your child and I desire to be a vessel of honor to you. Let all I do glorify you and may each person who reads this understand how much you love them and desire to set them free from the roots of junk that is keeping them from your best. Thank you Father God that you are doing exceeding and abundant things in our lives.  You are for us and if you are for us who can be against us.  Amen

 

Let God set you free!!

Love, MeMaw