"As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we should desire to make Him the only God in our lives, yet we struggle with just how to get that done. Our hearts are filled with many sins and gods... and we know that we are commanded to take full vengeance on them. When we look at the work ahead of us, we see that we are merely at the beginning of what could be a very long process of clearing out what keeps us from the intimacy with God that we long for and know is available to us. In Matthew 26:41, Jesus said, 'The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.' If we are truly honest with ourselves, we likely want to opt out of taking full vengeance on the gods in our hearts. The result of such a choice will be that our sin will produce thick roots that will be much more difficult to cut out later. Why do we so often make this poor choice? At the heart of the matter is the fact that we really do not want to obey God's call to dispossess them from our hearts."
The longer a root of disobedience is allowed to go deeper and grow thicker, the harder it will be to cut it out of your life. The more your disobedient roots grow, the more you will find great stability in your disobedient lifestyle. Today is the day to begin to chop away at the roots that keep you distant from God's plans and purposes for your life! What are your roots?
(Quoted from Chapter 8, "Fully Following God's Commands" in Spiritual Healing: The Surrender That Brings Victory, available for purchase at www.cherylgnagey.com)
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