"My GRACE (goodwill toward you) is ALL you need. My POWER works BEST
in your WEAKNESS."
(God talking to you.)
~2 Corinthians 12:9
Wanna know what that crazy scripture means? It means that God works best in your life when you're at your weakest.
"What?! That's not fair, Brown Girl!
Doesn't God want me to be strong so I can handle LIFE?
What kind of God is that?"
The kind that knows
EXACTLY
how to get through to you.
See, God knows exactly how we operate. In general, we humans are arrogant. We think we know everything...at least most of the time. But do you want to know what that kind of thinking leads to? Past, present, and future
DEMONS!
Yep, that's right. You create your OWN internal demons when you act like you know everything.
INTERNAL DEMONS
DEFINITION:
People or feelings that NEGATIVELY dominate your thoughts
and your life.
Internal demons won't go away unless you LET GOD REMOVE THEM. It's a CONTROL THING. Do you or don't you want to get rid of your demons? Think before you answer that question. Do you or don't you want to
STOP
THINKING ABOUT IT (whatever IT is)
THINKING ABOUT THEM (whoever THEY are)
WISHING FOR THIS or WISHING FOR THAT (whatever THAT may be)
If you swear you're right about something, you'll insist that you're right. You'll keep telling yourself you were right to say or do what you did to resolve that problem. Sometimes, that leads to arguments. Sometimes, that leads to you losing a relationship or a friendship. Sometimes, that leads to you MISSING out on BIG life opportunities, like a job or a home! Sometimes, it leads to spiritual, emotional and even physical death (like you swearing you have nothing to live for anymore).
WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT?
"WHAT, BROWN GIRL?!"
You form your own...
Internal Demons are people or feelings that plague your life everyday. They tend to dominate your thoughts. Internal demons are formed three ways:
After you've hurt, betrayed, or insulted someone else.
After someone has done those things to YOU.
After you make REALLY BAD decisions.
Internal demons tend to show their ugly little heads when you're at your WEAKEST, when you're THE MOST DISTRACTED. They are like low hanging fruit when you are feeling down. They are the EASIEST feelings to access.
When you are:
tired,
sad,
dismayed,
or stressed,
your internal demons are liable to come out! And you KNOW it!
I once told someone, "Ignore your demons (the people or things that make you mad). If somebody says or does something that you don't like, IGNORE IT and walk away."
He responded, "Ignore my demons? Why would I do that?" The comment would have made me laugh if it wasn't so dire and true for most of us. It is extremely hard to ignore the people or feelings that plague our lives. Am I right or am I right?
Let's put this into practical terms. When someone makes you mad, the first thing you want to do is what? Defend yourself, right? You start thinking about ALL the things that make you right and them wrong in that situation. Right? But the last thing you're thinking about is if THEY may be right. Want to know what that demon is called:
Pride is a VERY dangerous feeling. Why? Because it has to do with WANTING and NEEDING to be right. When we want and NEED to be right, we block out ALL RATIONALE. AND WE KNOW IT! We swear we know better than what our friends, family, co-workers, or children are saying. We insist we know better than anyone else speaking to us or advising us...INCLUDING GOD HIMSELF. We keep pushing, and pushing, and pushing to be right. Next thing you know, we've alienated ourselves from the very people who were trying to REASON with us!!
Or maybe we WERE RIGHT. Maybe the situation was SOO obvious that anyone could tell we were right. But in the meantime, other demons formed (oh no!):
ANGER
(demon)
RESENTMENT
(demon)
DEPRESSION
(demon)
and
ENEMIES
(demons)
Those, my friends, are DEMONS as well. And that's how they're formed! Oooh, devious!
BUT THERE IS HOPE!! THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE WITH GOD.
God has a solution for EVERYTHING. That's what makes Him Perfect. He says, "Ignore your demons." But we tend to tell Him, "No!" Then God tends to smack us upside the head with a scripture that makes TOTAL sense:
"Pride (our internal demon)
shows its ugly head
RIGHT BEFORE
the FALL.
(meaning, right before we lose something we want--
a RELATIONSHIP, OPPORTUNITIES, and DREAMS).
Pride causes destruction.
(meaning, it destroys things we want--
relationships, opportunities and dreams)"
~Proverbs 16:18
Think about it. That scripture makes COMPLETE and TOTAL sense! If you're too prideful to admit you:
may be wrong,
or
you may have handled the situation better,
or
you may be right, but still could have handled the situation better,
YOU'RE FORMING YOUR OWN
INTERNAL DEMONS!!!!
You're creating BAD feelings within yourself AND the people that you're insulting, ignoring, avoiding, belittling, yelling at, being condescending toward, or hurting. They will be:
ANGRY with you
(DEMON)
RESENTFUL of you
(DEMON)
SAD about you or because of you
(DEMON)
AND YOU'LL BE:
ANGRY with them
(DEMON)
RESENTFUL of them
(DEMON)
SAD about losing them
(DEMON)
SUSPICIOUS of them
(DEMON)
Yea, I know. It hurts my head just thinking about it, too.
Remember, your internal demons are people or feelings that plague your everyday life. They tend to dominate your thoughts and make you mad, sad, upset, depressed or (pick a bad feeling). Now, the example that I gave above had to do with:
PRIDE
That's a biggie. That demon is HUGE. That demon is a SILENT killer. That demon gets EVERYBODY in TROUBLE!!! From the Pope, to our Best Friends, to our Parents, to our Politicians, Pastors, School Principles, Neighbors, to the most Trusted People In Our Lives...including OURSELVES. Everyone HAS PRIDE, AND IT CAUSES SO MUCH DESTRUCTION.
But God gives us a HUGE incentive to be:
HUMBLE
Wanna know what that is? It's REALLY GOOD!
I'm glad you asked:
That's right folks! God gave us a back door OUT of our Pride! If you're willing to be humble instead of prideful about anything, to anyone, and be humble anywhere at any time...God's willing to do the following:
Make sure your bills get paid...even at the last minute.
Mend a friendship that's been damaged for years.
Find you a husband.
Find you a wife.
Get you that dream job you've been waiting soooo long for.
Get that nasty boss off your back...by making YOU the NEW boss.
Get you that DREAM house or that DREAM apartment.
Get you through school financially, and help you pass those crazy exams.
Buy you a NEW car at HALF the price!
Make sure you have a shoulder to cry on the NEXT time you cry.
Keep you alive a LONG time.
Take those pills, those cigarettes, that alcohol, or those drugs off your mind so you can FINALLY get sober!
Find you an AMAZING therapist that finally GETS you.
HELP YOU HEAL FROM YOUR HURTFUL PAST. (<---that's a link!)
Make sure that people honor and respect you by teaching them how to.
Make sure that you WALK IN FAVOR wherever you go.
Make SURE that you are LOVED by your friends and family AT ALL TIMES!!
Give you PURPOSE in life.
Remind you that are are OKAY!!! Remind you that it's gonna BE OKAY!!
PROTECT YOU FROM THE SEEN AND UNSEEN DANGERS IN YOUR LIFE.
All THAT just for being humble! Wow!!!
See, God is BIG on HUMILITY. AND HE ABOSOLUTELY LOVES AN UNDERDOG, especially one that LETS GOD HELP THEM WHEN THEY ARE AT THEIR WEAKEST!!! Basically, it gives God something to do. He needs job security too, ya know! Ha.
Remember that scripture at the TOP of the article:
"My GRACE (goodwill toward you) is ALL you need. My POWER works BEST
in your WEAKNESS."
~2 Corinthians 12:9
God LOVES to help those in need. It's His bread and butter. And He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to remind THOSE WHO WILL LISTEN that He's ALWAYS going to be there to HELP THEM.
"The last will be FIRST, and the FIRST will be last."
~Matthew 20:16
****
"BLESSED are the POOR IN SPIRIT,
for theirs
is the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.
BLESSED are those who MOURN
(something or someone),
for they will be COMFORTED.
BLESSED are the MEEK
(people who are patient without being resentful about it)
for they will
INHERIT the EARTH!!
BLESSED are the MERCIFUL,
for they will be shown
MERCY BY ME
(all throughout their lives! It'll be so obvious that
people will wonder why THEY get all THE "GOOD LUCK")
BLESSED are the
PEACEMAKERS,
for they will be called
Children of God
(and get all those privileges and more
on that list of items above!)"
~Matthew 5:3-9
So, folks, it DOES NOT PAY TO WALK AROUND WITH:
You'll be broken spiritually, emotionally, financially, or friendship-wise. BUT...it does pay to be HUMBLE.
If you CHOOSE to be humble, you get a LONG life that's full of different types of "wealth" like:
Love
Financial security (even if the money runs out, God will get you more)
Long-lasting, quality friendships
A great marriage
Great children
A great job
And GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE that God got you THIS FAR and He'll take you even FARTHER...if you let Him.
All you gotta do is ASK Him.
Hey, to help you visualize this blog, check out my video: PRIDE BY YOUR SIDE from my Spiritual Poisons Series. It's amazing, and it truly illustrates EVERYTHING you just read above!!!
In the meantime...
Take care and God bless you always!
~From Brown Girl In The World
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