Thursday, March 19, 2015

Authentic Self BY: KB © 3.19.15

1 Corinthians 13:1     If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

James 2:13      For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Matthew 7:1-29      “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. ...

Romans 14:12-13      So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

I had a major revelation the other day…….I have to say that it was birthed out of anger but it didn't stop God from revealing truth…so I can celebrate in the fact that I received the lesson. So let me tell you how it went down… I’m in a “team building” exercise and things were being revealed that had nothing to do with team building…it was a venting session but rather than people stay on the subject of themselves and what they needed to do, it became a blame and attack session…and of course, yours truly was on the receiving end of some of the “informative exchange.” I’m not saying that I wasn’t guilty of some of the charges. I can hear that info, but, when it’s delivered in the way that you’re charging me with…does it not lose something in the translation?   I’m just sayin’…..  Needless to say I left the event a “little” angry because of the hypocrisy and emptiness in the exchange…. But on my drive home as I was absentmindedly staring off into space, I noticed a building that had an odd mixture of architecture. The building core structure was made of this old school brick, solid and stately and the new façade was glass and steel…to me it looked a bit shaky. Which leads me to my thought……what is your authentic self?

Have you ever given thought to your authentic self? What is your truth? How do you talk to and treat people? I go back to the “team building exercise” the core issues were never addressed because it involved addressing some character defects that go beyond the situation.

I have to say that I got angry because I knew that I was hearing my “truths” from an unclean spirit and heart; they were my truths nonetheless and I had to deal with myself and what I was hearing.  Now, some may say that I am running someone’s inventory and I will say yes, I am and I was given permission the moment I was approached in hypocrisy; please believe that I will deal with my issues but I’m going to call out the spirit of untruth in the actions. I thank God for His spirit of discernment because I was able to cut through all the noise and hear the message that was meant for me which only goes to show the power of THE LIVING GOD. I heard what I needed to hear – God spoke and I heard……but more was revealed in the message – hence the scripture selection.

How ya’ livin’?!!!


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