Assaulting God's Character 411
The title of this post alone should be enough to cause any believer to be horrified 😱 to realize "I am actually assaulting God's character by Complaining, having inGratitude and disContentment in thoughts, words and various situations in my life, - and this must stop. I need to conquer this sin immediately."
There is a difference between having to lovingly confront those who sin against you since it actually is a sin against God vs you sinning against God; complaining about problems in your life where you want everything to always go your way, or coveting or wanting what you want. Pride, self righteousness, entitlement attitudes etc are sin. Sin is at the core of all our problems.
God needs to mold us and shape us into the image of Christ; perfecting us by growing us more Christlike. He has to prune us and teach us things as we go in this life so we submit to God's will and become less and less so Christ is more and more.
Even if others do wrong to us, God has allowed it and will use it for good. You need to trust Him. He is the only trustworthy reliable one and we can count on Him.
In this example we are looking at complaining and it is connected to gratitude.
⭐God is all knowing, all loving, all faithful, all kind, reliable, etc. His character, nature and attributes are perfectly good.
⭐Complaining is an assault on God's Character.
Remember Greater to Lesser.
>God has accomplished what he promised in bringing salvation to mankind (greater) so
> everything else (lesser) will also be taken care of. We need to trust him.
He has already revealed
*God works all things ....
*If he saved us he will provide for us as our loving Father.
-He will provide your needs
-He gives us what we need
-He knows what we need
-He loves and cares for you
God allows us to go through difficulties to make us more like Christ.
The above might contain shockers to you, revelation you never understood before. Now you know and should meditate on this, so you stop assaulting God's Character and trust and rely on him to walk you through all situations and circumstances to bring you out a stronger and more Christlike person after every one, one at a time, until he matures and perfects you until you step into the doorway of Heaven.
Go look up all the verses you can find related to everything in the above, and store those in your heart. Even write them down on your cloud/notes app so you can flip to those "flash cards" verses under Complaining, contentment, gratitude, etc (any sin), whenever you need to stop yourself, pray to God, trust Him, and realign your thoughts & heart to God's Word. The more and more you think on the Scriptures the more holy and Christlike you will become as you submit to the Word of God. And go through the below resources.
It doesnt matter if it is a problem in a relationship, with family, your spouse, kids, on the job or church related.
There is a diff between finding a solution to a matter, or confronting sin, vs complaining & sinning.
Try to figure out what area God is trying to grow you in, in the faith, when these times come. Pray, seek counsel in the Word, take action on your side internally, make changes, and you will mature in the faith. If needed beyond that, seek godly counsel from mature godly believers and leaders at church.
Purpose to Continue to Grow.
Romans 5 tells us, those who have peace with God through faith in Jesus Christ... and that we also glory in [sufferings] tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, [produces] character; and character, hope.
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