(Be sure to see the previous posts to
get the context of this article.)
The
second principle is Accept the Truth.
You not only have to know what is true, you have to accept it and
acknowledge that it is true. You have to believe, accept and embrace
the fact that it is true. Getting from the knowledge step to the
acceptance step is sometimes difficult. There are times when we know
the truth, but we don't want to believe it or accept it. In order to
get over that hump we need to be continually thinking on and speaking
the truth to ourselves.
In Psalm 42:5, the
writer does just that. He says, “Why are you cast down o my soul
and why are you disquieted within me?” See what he is doing? He is
talking to his own soul. He answers himself too! He says to himself,
“Hope in God, for I shall yet praise him.” He quotes a promise
of God to himself and acts on it with praise to God.
This is what we
all need to do. When a circumstance comes up that we are having an
issue with, we need to know what truth applies, and then we need to
embrace it and tell ourselves that it is true and that we have the
strength and power of God to deal with it and overcome our fearful or
fretful feelings.
One of the things
we need to be especially careful to avoid is proclaiming our feelings
or commonly accepted statements as if they are true. I get extremely
frustrated over the many statements I see online that are supposedly
the truth, but contradict what God clearly says in the Bible. For
example, we sometimes say, “I'm overwhelmed. I can't live
victoriously over my circumstances. They are too much!” Yet God
says, “I will not allow you to be tested above what you are able.”
(1 Cor. 10:13)
...to be continued...
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