Shalom! Welcome to episode 9 of Overcoming Daily with Anna Johnson.
Today's tidbit for overcoming daily, is that the overcomer reflects, repents and increases in righteousness. This morning, I found myself reflecting upon yesterday and doing an inventory of my thoughts and my attitudes and my behaviors, from the previous day.
Do you ever take inventory - maybe at the end of the day, or early the next morning where you reflect on your thoughts and your attitude and your words and your behaviors - do you do that? I try to do this in the prayer room, or just in that prayer space. It's not good to do this without the Father.
Because without him, it's hard to see what righteousness really looks like. We may find ourselves justifying a nasty attitude or behavior. Or we might find ourselves condemning ourselves, when we do this outside of his presence. When we involve God in this self reflection, we allow the Holy Spirit to kind of search our being and speak to us, about us.
This is an act of humility, where you're actually inventory looking, you're assessing and looking for those things that are not acceptable in the Father's eyes - that are things that hinder you from growing spiritually. There's no need to be ashamed, or feel guilty when you find something that appears unholy. See when we allow shame and guilt to operate in our lives, then it prevents us from growing spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. It prevents us from overcoming.
Some people are just not okay with self reflection because it makes them feel inadequate. It makes them feel wrong. And it's very humbling. And sometimes being humbled, doesn't always feel very comfortable. The scripture tells us that we have all fallen short and that we have no righteousness of our own. Our righteousness is actually by the blood of the lamb. It's not our own. It is something that has been given to us.
Without self reflection, how do we ever expect to grow in righteousness?
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