Sunday, April 5, 2015

Looking for the living BY: KB © 4.5.15

Luke 24: 4- 6     …While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? "He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,…

I was reading my devotionals this morning and this passage hit me hard; more specific, the question “why do you seek the living one among the dead?”  I did not take the question in the context of  the crucifixion. I applied the question to my personal life and I was seriously taken aback because I had to really look at the question. I seem to attract/be attracted people who are emotionally unavailable – looking among the dead. I tend to trigger the verbally abusive character defect in a person’s nature – looking among the dead. I tend to settle for whatever emotional crumbs someone is willing to throw me – looking among the dead. I try too hard to “fix” people – looking among the dead….

The enemy uses all of these things to take my focus off God; all of these things are my Gethsemane. 

Keep in mind that Gethsemane is the place where you come face to face with sin. The place of final temptation. Gethsemane is also the gateway to a new life……….


How ya livin’?!

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