Self Awareness

How much do we need to know about ourselves? How much introspection is enough? The Scripture teaches us the very opposite of what the world is promoting. You can visit any library or prominent book store and find shelves loaded with self-help books. I find this to be very revealing as to the state of mind that is prevalent in the world. We actually think that we can help ourselves. I do believe that there are times that we need to examine ourselves but that should be a short rest stop.

Without quoting large numbers of scripture there is every indicator in the Bible that we are our own worst enemy. The Bible teaches us to lose ourselves. What does that mean? What do we lose and what do we gain with that kind of thinking. The religious person may think that I am talking about self denial. No sweets, no meat, no beer, no pizza, no dancing, no smoking etc....... Well that process takes me to do that and I don't think that I am capable of rescuing myself from all of those vices (especially the pizza). Is that what God wants anyway? That sound like a lot of duty and religion.

I always thought it was very cool when I would read about Jesus hangin' out at parties with sinners. He wasn't condoning all the drinking and rebel rousing but I'm sure that he enjoyed being in a non-religious setting so that He could touch the hearts of real people that were lost and yet not relying upon the cloak of religion.

Our model for fixing our future is self help. We even made up our own religious saying," God helps those that help themselves." There is nothing further from the truth than that statement. The Lord has no limitation on who He helps.

I know this for sure. I enjoy those times when I have little or no thought of Davey Buhl. That means my focus is on the Lord and others. There is no greater feeling than ridding ourselves of unreachable self expectations but rather accept who we are and move on. The therapy for growth in our own life is losing our self awareness and self introspection and enjoying life through the Spirit of Christ deep within us. I have heard so many sermons about us becoming more like Christ. Do you know what would happen if that actually occurred? Our life would not be the same because the more we become like Him the more we do the things that He does. That would turn the world upside down. Now we can see how far away we are from becoming the true body of Christ on this earth.

I have come to the conclusion that I have sporadically seen many people that have a lived a life similar to Jesus. There seems to be a short life span for that life style because we continually short circuit the Spirit filled life by mixing it with our man made religion. That quenches the Spirit of God and we lose our effectiveness. When we take control, we lose Him. When He takes control, we lose us.