The Power of our Innermost Being
October 18th, 2011
It can be difficult to remain positive during trials and tribulations that rip through your life like a hurricane. Whether financial difficulties, broken relationships, health tragedies/risks or a case of “bad luck,” we fail to maintain a sense of peace.
I believe we fail to maintain a sense of peace because we want to be utterly in control of our own lives. We fail to acknowledge that we are dependent beings, and in order to find peace we must address and invest in our internal struggles and find the root of our anger, bitterness, frustration, and insecurities. We are not serving Christ when we allow these internal struggles to control our emotions, behaviors, attitudes and most importantly our joy (Romans 16:18). Therefore, in order to overcome and get right with Christ we must take a deep look within to find the root of these disturbances.
It is easy to advise someone to keep their eyes on Christ and find their joy, but if they have failed to manage internal frustrations they are unable to allow Christ to work on their innermost being. When we come to Christ we lay it all out on the line. All of our fears, our regrets, and our insecurities are poured out into Him.
King David pours his innermost being out to God in Psalms 139. The entire chapter is amazing, but Psalms 139:23 says, “Search me, oh’ God and know my heart, try me and my anxieties. . . .”
You need to evaluate the inside and possibly come to a place of brokenness so that you can find humility, peace and joy in Christ. I believe God can heal all things, but in order to heal our frustrations we must address our frustrations. We cannot heal what we will not acknowledge is in need of healing.
In Christ we should find humility and a heart full of thanksgiving. The power of faith in Christ will bring you joy; faith means that we trust in what we do not see and we love, trust, hope, believe and have an undisputed conviction that Christ is the omnipotent and omnibenevolent.
I believe it is joy in Christ that carries us through hard times. I believe our joy comes from the Lord and it is by faith in Him that we find joy. He offers life, he is the living water and when we step out of the driver’s seat and submit to his authority and control we gain everything through Him who gives us strength, courage, healing, compassion, forgiveness, guidance, counseling, fulfillment and an understanding of your innermost being where He can help you heal and grow so that the gap withholding you from your joy in Christ can be bridged.
Isaiah 65:14 (NIV)
My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
