When we're not careful to keep God first in every part of our life, the enemy will find a way to use circumstances, pain, suffering, loss, sickness, and depression to lure us into sinning against God and against our own bodies. There is no justification for sin. Sin is never ok because of what someone else did or because of how you feel about something. Sin is sin.
Sin is forgiven when we go to God with a contrite heart and ask him for forgiveness. But our hearts and deeds are tried with fire. There is no excuse for sinning willingly. God is everything that we need. Is the sin that you feel justified to do any less sin? Is the sin you feel justified to do an excuse to give into darkness that was already in your heart? Have you given every part of your heart to God or is there still something, something that is not from God, still imbedded in your heart and mind?
Search your heart and thoughts, thought patterns, and beliefs for anything that is contrary to God's word. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and so is God's word. T do not change to allow you to indulge yourself in sin.
When you've found those things that will lead to sin, confess them to God. Ask God to root out anything that is not of him. By that I mean get to the very root of it and remove it all so that no trace of it is left. Then fill that part which is empty with God's word so that darkness cannot return.
Jesus will bring to light anything that is done or said in darkness. He searches us and finds even those things we don't know are still there. Ask God to search your heart and reveal to you anything that is not from him and remove it from you and heal you.
God is a God of life and healing and forgiveness and mercy. Let him help you change wrong thought patterns, wrong believing into right believing, and hidden pleasures into new ground in your heart for God.
There are no circumstances, sufferings, losses, pain, mental illnesses, sicknesses or diseases that are more powerful than God and what he can and will do for us. Often those things we do out of weakness 'because' of our present sufferings are due to lack of faith in God and cause us much more pain and suffering in body, mind and spirit. Turn everything over to God. He is our strength, and our anchor in turbulent times. Allow God to show you his strength, mercy, and healing. Allow God to show you how he works everything to your good. Allow God to show you your worth to him. Praise God, he is no respector is person's and salvation is a gift.
Praise God at all times, through everything, and during everything no matter how broken you feel. Because our God is both willing and able to turn things around for us. To God be the glory, honor, and praise for everything and in everything.
Written by: Lisa Lisa Collier Clewis
📖Hebrews 13:8 KJV
[8] Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.