Do you ever make dumb decisions? I know I do.
And we are not alone in that. It seems that approximately 1/3 of the angels decided to follow satan rather than God. That was a dumb decision. WHY do you think they did that? Satan is the father of lies and deceit. There is no truth in him. He must have told the angels lies to temp them to follow him. How sad. There is no redemption for them. They are forever damned!
He lied to Eve and she decided to believe him.
And we know he lied to Eve to manipulate her and try to rob her of her destiny. (Even half truths are lies.) WHY do you think she believed him? Why did she make that dumb decision to go against God’s instructions?
I have to ask myself
What lies am I believing? Yesterday was a day of dumb decisions. I dressed and washed my face. I started with a bit of news while I ate breakfast. There was a 60 Minutes special replay, so I watched that, too. It was interesting. And yet, today, I can’t even remember what it was about! I then went down to get my mail. It wasn’t there. So I stayed for coffee while I waited. Then, I decided to stay for the exercise class.
By then it was lunchtime.
I had not checked my email over the weekend, and since I had 2 calls scheduled, I thought I really HAD to check my email for messages before the calls, and also social media. Because sometimes they send a private Facebook message. After all that. After the calls. Then, I would spend time in devotion with God. But…
Suddenly, it was dinnertime.
While I ate my dinner, I watched a detective show. After that, I got ready for bed and the day was over. God says He is our Shepherd and that we are His sheep. He also indicates that sheep do dumb things. They NEED a Shepherd.
I skipped my devotion time with God yesterday.
My first coach wisely told me not to stop a habit until I knew WHY I was doing that thing. AND what NEED it was filling for me. Because, if I merely STOP, I will merely replace the habit with another habit, accomplishing nothing positive.
So, WHY have I been binge watching The Closer TV show?
She is a strong woman. Confident, but fully female with her mood swings. But she ALWAYS gets the bad guy.
Bad guys
I think my WHY is that I am weary of all the bad “guys” getting away with it in real life. I need the assurance that (for me) plays out in the show—that in the end, the bad “guy” loses. I need that in reality.
God is a God of justice.
Those bad “guys” will indeed face the consequences of their dumb decisions. This SECULAR show reminds me of that. Somehow, with all the turmoil in our country and all over the world, it is a comfort, that someone is getting the bad “guys”. I know it is fiction. But it must be based on real stories.
The other reason
For way too many years in my life, I had allowed myself to be the victim. To be abused.
My coach showed me a better way.
The secular show is my visual of that. I needed the reminder.
BUT
…not without the balance of my time with God. I need that time of beginning my day with Him. In His word. If the very angels from heaven could be duped by satan. If the first woman, Eve, could be duped by satan, I MUST ABSOLUTELY not neglect that time with Him, no matter what my “excuses” are. All day I had INTENDED to get back to God. But I never did! I missed my meeting with Him.
I believed satan’s lies
I lived as though I believed that an extended temporary veg’ing out REPLACEMENT for time with Him was OK. It is NOT. Short spurts are OK but totally missing that time was a DUMB DECISION.
My dreams that night were not about processing my day, sorting it all out as I slept. No, my dreams were about Brenda Leigh Johnson. The strong woman. The Closer.
Quote from David Jeremiah
“Part of maturing spiritually is learning to separate truth from lies. God is the Father of Truth. satan is the father of lies. Let us learn our native language by living in the presence of God.”
Judging vs. Examining Yourself
God does not tell us to judge ourselves. He tells us to examine ourselves. satan likes to condemn us so we will get stuck. But God convicts so we correct our course and move forward.
How are YOU doing with this?
Are you learning to get to WHY you are doing the “Dumb thing”? That is the first step to getting to the ROOT of the problem. So, don’t just work on the symptoms. Get to the root. The WHY of the WHAT and REJOICE over the victory.
Coaching. There is always a reason!
God bless you bunches!
Thank you for all you do!
Awaiting His shout,
The MomCourager™
